Kebbi Deputy Gov Says Bandits came With Sophisticated Weapons

 

• Kebbi Deputy Gov says bandits came with sophisticated weapons as he recounts ordeal

• He said, “The bandits mixed up with the inhabitants of Kanya in such a way that it is difficult to differentiate and fight them”

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Kebbi State Deputy Governor, Sama’ila Yombe Dabai, has narrated that the bandits, who attacked his entourage, came with sophisticated weapon.

This online media platform recalls that the governor’s entourage was ambushed by armed men on Tuesday, in Kanya, Waje District of Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of the State.

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The governor in an audio interview obtained by Channels Television, hinted that the ruthless bandits had stormed the area with high-grade weapons, having mingled with villagers in the crooked bid to conceal identity.

According to him, “The bandits mixed up with the inhabitants of Kanya in such a way that it is difficult to differentiate and fight them. So, I advised my security team that we pull them out of the community so that we could pull them along and separate them from the inhabitants.

“The bandits were equipped with PSA AK-P and much heavier calibre weapons than AK-47. Despite this, the soldiers stoop up and matched them.

“I doff my cap for the soldiers at Zuru Battalion who were few compared to the number of the terrorists.

“From the gunshots, you will assume they were 200 or 250 terrorists. And the soldiers were a unit of about 30 troops, escorting the commanding officer.”

It was gathered that the security aide attached to the Deputy Governor, ASP Idris Libata, alongside 18 other military personnel, were killed during the attack.

According to the Senior Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor on New Media, Atom Turba, the bandits had attacked when the deputy governor was in the company of their Commanding officer of 223 Battalion, Zuru, who was said to be returning from a visit to various military formations.

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