ASP, three others die in police – bandits’ crossfire in Taraba

ASP, three others die in police – bandits’ crossfire in Taraba

An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Aminu Nuhu, and three bandits late on Tuesday lost their lives in an exchange of gunfire when men of the Taraba State Police Command and suspected bandits clashed on the hills of Yorro and Mararaba Kunini in Yorro and Lau local governments.

Police spokesman Usman Abdullahi, who confirmed this to reporters, said the security team invaded the kidnappers’ den to rescue the 23 persons that were kidnapped in the early hours of Tuesday.

A monarch and 20 others were in the early hours of Tuesday kidnapped at Pupule community of Yorro Council.

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“During the encounter, we lost one of our officers, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, one star. Three of the bandits were killed and four were arrested, while others escaped,” Abdullahi said.