Police Launch Manhunt As Bandits Killed 41 Vigilante Members In Katsina State

By Damilare Adeleye

The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the death of 41 members of local Vigilante group, popularly known as “Yansakai”, in an ambush by terrorists in Yargoje forest.

This was made known in a statement issued to the press by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah on Friday in Katsina.

“On Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023 at about 22:00 hours, terrorists in their numbers, shooting sporadically with AK 47 rifles, attacked the house of one Alhaji Muntari at Unguwar Audu Gare, Kandarawa, Bakori Local Government, and rustled 50 cows and 30 sheep.

“Subsequently, on Feb. 2, at about 10:00 hours, Yansakai groups from 11 villages in Bakori local government regrouped and went after the terrorists with a view to recover the rustled. animals.

“They traced the footpaths of the hoodlums to a location at Yargoje forest, unfortunately, the terrorists planned and launched a coordinated ambush on the Yansakai.

“The hoodlums shot and killed 41 Yansakai and wounded two others,” the statement read.

Isah said that the Area Commander in Malumfashi, led a team of policemen to the scene and evacuated the corpses and injured persons to Kankara General Hospital.

Meanwhile, the Police spokesman revealed that a joint security operation was ongoing to arrest the culprits and bring them to book.