Police uncover bomb-laden Golf car in Kano

KANO Police command has averted what could have resulted in another devastating attack, with the interception of a bomb-laden Golf 3 car, including 238 live ammunition of different calibres and 14 hand grenades, bombs among others.
Other dangerous weapons found inside the Golf car were, one AK47 riffle, eight AK-47 magazines, one rocket launcher, two cylinders, remote controlled bomb, seven  remote control bombs, one assault riffle and four rolls of wire connectors among others.
Speaking with pressmen on Wednesday, the state police commissioner, Alhaji Musa Daura, said “on Tuesday, 26 March, 2013 at about 2130hrs, based on a tip off,  our men intercepted a Golf 3 motor vehicle with Registration No, AG701 KTN at an outskirt village in Kano.”
According to him, “the occupants of the vehicle on sighting the  police patrol vehicle opened fire and immediately,  our men responded  with superior firepower which made the occupants to abandon their vehicle and escaped with bullet wounds.”
The CP added that the intention of the hoodlums was to cause havoc.
He, however, urged the members of the public to continue to assist the people with useful information to nab men of underworld.

JTF kill 4 gunmen
The Joint Task Force Operation Restore Order has said that, its men in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State gunned four suspected Boko Haram members.
JTF said the sect members were killed last night during a shootout with soldiers, who met them during their operation in the north eastern town of Geidam, 180 kilometres away from Damaturu, the Yobe state capital.
In an e-mail statement made available to newsmen in Damaturu, on Wednesday, spokesman for the Joint Task Force in Yobe state, Lieutenant Eli Lazarus confirmed the incident.
The statement said, “the incident occurred yesterday (Tuesday) around 5.00 p.m. when  suspected terrorists  attacked JTF location in Geidam town. The attack was repelled by the JTF and four of the gunmen lost their lives in the exchange gunfire,” Lazarus said.
Lazarus revealed that” three AK47 rifles, five rifle magazines and seventy two rounds of  7.62 mm ammunitions were recovered from the insurgents.”

Gunman injures 3 in Bauchi
Palpable tension and fear reigned on Wednesday morning among residents of the Federal Low Cost Housing Estate in Bauchi metropolis when a middle-aged gunman was killed in a gun duel with security operatives after he had injured, at least, three people in the area.
The gunman, who was armed with an Ak 47 riffle, the Nigerian Tribune gathered, stormed the area around 7:00 a.m., in company with another gang member, and attacked a policeman and the three injured civilians.
A source informed Nigerian Tribune that people in the area mobilised themselves on seeing the policeman escape, with a view to repelling the gunmen attack. They alerted security operatives and gave the gunman a chase, leading to the escape of his accomplice, who was said to be unarmed.
According to a top security operative who did not want to be named, there was an exchange of gunfire on the arrival of security men on the scene, which, he said, led to the death of the gunman.
He informed that one AK 47 riffle, two magazines with about 30 rounds of ammunition were recovered from the slain gunman by security operatives deployed in the area.
He further revealed that the injured were taken to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) in Bauchi for treatment.
A resident, who identified himself as Mohammed Ali, told the Nigerian Tribune that the incident shocked the people in the area, especially as it happened early in the morning.
“I was taking my children to school and was standing by the road side waiting for a Keke NAPEP when we saw people running as a result of the attack. Fortunately for me, my house is nearby, so it was ease for me to take my children back home,” he said, adding that there was a lot of tension in the area while the whole episode lasted.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state police command, Hassan Mohammed Auyo, said the gunman was killed in an exchange of fire with security men.
According to Auyo, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), “The armed man was killed during exchange of fire with security operatives after he had injured three people.”