According to the spokesman of Sokoto Police Command, El-Mustapha Sani, confirmed the death in an interview with reporters on Thursday, December 17, Vanguard reports.
“I can authoritatively confirm the attack by the hoodlums at around 8.00 p.m. on Dec.9, leading to the death of two persons, while two others were injured. ” The rustlers who also burnt several houses, carted away motorcycles and several livestock ranging from cows, sheep, as well as donkeys,” he said.
Sani said that the criminals came to the village on motorcycles, armed with dane-guns and other locally-made weapons.
The police stated that the command had concluded arrangements to deploy more mobile policemen to the village.
“The gesture is to complement the efforts of the various crack squads of mobile police and military men who have been routinely patrolling the troubled area,” he said.
Nasiru Bello, the acting chairman of the local government, thanked the police for taking proactive measure which had helped in restoring peace to the area.
Bello asked the police to permanently station a detachment of policemen to the village.
“The menace of cattle rustling has become disturbingly too frequent in the area and other surrounding villages.
“The permanent deployment of the proposed detachment of the mobile policemen would greatly help in curbing the obnoxious menace,” he said.
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