Mr Aruwan the troops recovered one AK47 rifle, one magazine with 22 rounds of ammunition and a motorcycle.
Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, made the confirmation in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna.
One among the dozens of the assailants was neutralised in the gun battle but the fleeing bandits killed no fewer than three locals as they retreated.
The commissioner said Maikasuwa always dresses in green camouflage military fatigues and wielded an AK47 rifle.
The suspects were arrested while trying to withdraw the sum N14 million deposited into the account of the said suspected terrorist financier.
The bandits were said to have fled from the “superior firepower of the troops, leaving behind six kidnapped victims at their camp.”
Mr Aruwan said it was in furtherance of the weekend breakthrough recorded by the security forces in its clearance of bandits and terrorist camps around the state.
He said some children walk between six and 15 kilometres to the nearest school in other communities.
The affected council chairmen presided over Chikun and Giwa local government areas.
Police in Kaduna State has foiled two kidnap attempts in Chickun and Igabi Local Government Areas of the state.
