“Most of the health facilities in the area were taken over by the miscreants, and the solar refrigerators provided in such facilities have been converted to use by the bandits.”
The incident occurred on Tuesday, June 21 at about 5:00 p.m. after a distress call was received that terrorists in their numbers, armed with AK-47 rifles, attacked the village.
The affected local government areas include Funtua, Bakori, Jibiya, Malulfashi, Faskari, Batsari and Danmusa, Sabuwa, Kankara, Dutsinma, Kurfi, Safana and Dandume.
The police in Katsina say they have killed five bandits, arrested 16 others, recovered 69 rustled cows and drugs.
“The team had a fierce gun duel with the hoodlums and overpowered them,” the police said.
