Police kill two suspected robbers, recover 413 cows, 50 sheep

 Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), have recovered 413 stolen cows, 50 sheep and one locally made AK47 rifle at Kagarko bush, Kaduna State after a fierce gun battle with suspected armed robbers.

The herds were recovered from suspected armed robbers along Abuja-Kaduna expressway.

It was gathered that when operatives of IRT, who were part of detectives monitoring Abuja-Kaduna expressway to check kidnapping and armed robbery sighted the men with the animal, they ordered them to halt.

But rather than stop, the suspected armed robbers opened fire on the policemen. After a fierce gun duel, the policemen killed two of the suspects, while others allegedly escaped with gun wounds.

The cows and sheep were moved to Katari Town where the following owners came to identify their stolen cows as follows;  Idi Ibrahim 71 cows, Abdullah Sani 45,

Ibrahim Mohd 13,  Adamu Lawal 21 and 26 sheep.

Other owners are Suleiman Sa'idu 33 cows and two  sheep, Hamisu Ya'u, eight cows,  Musa Sani 65 cows  and 13 sheep, Alhaji Sale Sani 60 cows,  Alhaji Rumi 17 cows, Yakubu Katafila two cows and Yusuf Muhammad two cows.

A member of the investigating team, who wished to remain anonymous said: “ On November, 27,  at about 2am, IRT operatives on Operation Absolute Sanity along Abuja-Kaduna expressway engaged some armed robbers moving with hundreds of stolen cows. During a fierce gun battle, two of the armed robbers met their waterloo, while other fled, abandoning  413 cows and 50 sheep. The cows and sheep were moved to Katari Town where the owners came to identify their stolen cows. Right now, we have 76 cows and nine sheep that are yet to be claimed.”