Police arrests suspected female bandit, kill accomplice in Niger

The Niger State Police Command on Monday confirmed the arrest of a 16-year-old suspected female bandit in Mariga local government area of the state.

The command’s spokesman, Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement in Minna, said the bandit’s accomplice simply identified as Haruna was killed while trying to escape during interrogation by police.

He said: “On 13/01/2021 at about 1700hrs, a team of police operatives/vigilante attached to Bangi division while on routine patrol along Bangi/Wamba road arrested two suspected bandits namely one Haruna SNU ‘m’ and Maryam Sani age 16yrs ‘f’ both of Magami village via Gusau, Zamfara State, with one unregistered Bajaj m/cycle, and two locally fabricated revolver rifles.”

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The spokesman said the deceased has been deposited at the general hospital in Bangi, Mariga LGA.

He added that two locally fabricated revolver rifles were recovered from the bandits.

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