Heavily armed bandits riding over 50 motorcycles, heading to Kano City were dislodged in Yankwada, Babanduhu and other villages in the Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State by the Nigerian Military after engaging in a gun battle between yesterday, January 1 and early hours of today, January 2.
Chairman of the Shanono/Bagwai Community Security Forum, Yahya Bagobiri, who confirmed the development, said that the bandits launched the attack in retaliation for losing nine fighters to military operations last week.
“The intentions of the Bandits is to penetrates Kano, but with the redeployment of more Military and provisions of more Arms would stop their criminal missions.”
“The Bandits riding over 50 Motorcycles, each having three persons with Bazookas and other heavy Guns, raided Yankwada, Babanduhu and other villages, opening fire from around 1am Thursday to 5am Friday, resulting in killing a civilian.
“The Bandits were dislodged by the Military tactical fighting despite the facts that they came with heavy Arms but succeeded only in stealing 100 Cows and killing one civilian.”
Yahya Bagobiri commended the Military for the gunfight and for blocking the bandits from entering the main towns.
He called on the Federal Government to provide more Arms and redeploy more men to complement those gallant officers on the ground.
He assured that with additional arms and the cooperation of the Nigerian Air Force, the bandits would be contained, and that the areas of Shanono, Bagwai, Tsanyawa, and Gwarzo Local Government Areas would have peace.
