On Saturday, the Katsina Police Command stormed terrorist hideouts in the village of Tandama in the Danja Local Government Area and freed six abducted people.
The raid on the terrorists' hideouts, according to Superintendent Gambo Isah, the Command's spokesman, was based on reliable intelligence
He said: “On Saturday 6/08/2022 at about 0530hrs, based on credible intelligence, the Command raided terrorists hideouts at Unguwan Dako, Tandama village, Danja LGA and succeeded in rescuing 6 kidnapped victims.”
‘’They are: Alhaji Garba Dan Mallam, M, 52, of Unguwan Nuhu, Danja LGA, Rabiu Idris, 45, of the same address, Abba Samaila, 38, Yunusa Sani, 54, of Layin Sani village, Kafur Ishaq Yakub, 40, Danjuma Samaila, 45, all of the same address.”
In a related development, an unconfirmed report by some members of Safana community indicated the bombardment of a terrorist camp by the Nigerian Air Force NAF at Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State on Saturday evening which led led to the decimation of a terrorist leader, Abdulkarim Faca-faca.
Also eight other suspected terrorists’ gang members were killed in during the NAF raids, while some other terrorists fled the area with bullets wounds during the mop-up operations.