The Police have arrested 11 suspected armed bandits and injured five others during a clearance operation on their hideout in Tunga-iliya forest in Mashegu LGA.
A statement by the Public Relations Officer, ASP. Wasiu Abiodun, the team engaged the suspected bandits in a gun duel and arrested eleven suspects while five others were fatally wounded.
Among the suspects arrested includes the village head of Tunga-iliya and one Summaya Bello ‘f’ who harbours and gives information to the bandits.
However, all the suspects are under investigation and will be prosecuted as soon as the investigation is concluded
Clearance operation is an ongoing exercise launched by the Niger State Police Command with a view to flush out bandits from their hideouts out of the state.