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Katsina State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah announced that the personnel repelled terrorists’ attack and killed scores at Dadawa and Barkiya villages in Kurfi Local Government of the State.
According to SP Isah, “today 15/08/2022 at about 0130hrs, a distress call was received that terrorists, numbering eighty (80), on motorbikes, armed with sophisticated weapons, simultaneously attacked Dadawa and Barkiya villages, Kurfi LGA of Katsina state. On receipt of the information, the Command deployed its tactical teams to the area and engaged the hoodlums into a fierce gun duel. The team successfully repelled the terrorists and recovered seventy-four (74) Sheep, thirty-four (34) Goats and two (2) cows. Many terrorists are feared to have been killed and/or fatally wounded during the encounter. A team of policemen are still combing the area with a view to arresting the wounded terrorists and/or recover their dead bodies.”
He further said, the Commissioner of Police, Katsina State Command, CP Idrisu Dabban Dauda, appreciated the efforts of the personnel in repelling the terrorists and urged members of the public to continue to cooperate with security agencies in the ongoing campaign against terrorists in the State.