Joint security operatives comprising local hunters and the Katsina State Community Watch Corps have repelled a large-scale bandit attack on Guga Village in Bakori Local Government Area, killing more than 40 armed bandits and reportedly eliminating several of their top commanders.
The Katsina State Government disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Nasir Mu’azu.
According to the statement, the attack occurred at about 5:40 p.m. on Sunday when more than 200 heavily armed bandits, led by the notorious kingpin, Idi Abasu Aiki, and supported by members of the Ado Aleru group from neighbouring Zamfara State, invaded Guga Village in what was described as a reprisal attack.
The commissioner said intelligence gathered before the attack revealed that the bandits planned to dislodge local hunters and the Community Watch Corps protecting communities in the area before launching coordinated assaults on Bakori town
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