A 20-year-old bandit, Aliu Musa has narrated how an helicopter aircraft dropped weapons for his gang inside Dinya Forest in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Musa made the confession while being interrogated by the Kastina state police command
Musa and another suspected bandit Salmanu Isa, 18, were among suspects paraded for various offences at the Katsina Police Command headquarters by the Spokesman of the Katsina State Police Command, Anas Gezawa, in Katsina city.
Musa in his confessional statement said he once saw a chopper hovering close to the ground dropped a weapon for their boss who would later couple for use.
The bandit said he was paid N17,000 per operation and confessed to killing at least five people during operations.
The bandits identified Sirajo and Bishir as their gang leaders.
“I once saw that aircraft with fans on its head (helicopter) drop weapons for my boss while we were inside forest at Dinja.
“It was hovering and was very near ground. The man inside would drop the weapons for my boss who would now couple the weapons for our use,” Musa told journalists.
“It is only my boss who would go and pick the weapons while we would be watching from where we stood.” He explained.
Police spokesman, Anas Gezawa, before parading the suspects, said Musa’s gang had killed no fewer than 25 people in different operations.
Gezawa said the suspects confessed that they were bandits that tormented Kankara village and its environs.
“The first suspect Salmanu Isah (a member of the gang) mentioned that they attacked some villages with his syndicate, where they robbed Zango village and went away with eight cows,” Gezawa said.
“He also confessed that he shot dead one person before going to rob at Santa village, where they snatched six sheep and some food items.”
The police spokesman said the bandits also went to Bela and Zango villages where they killed about 20 people and rustled two cows.
Gezawa added that the bandits stormed Omodo village and killed about five people and also rustled eight cows and six sheep.
The police spokesman said there was an ongoing investigation into the case.