The Sokoto State Police Command has said bandits did not impose new heads and fines on residents of Sabon Birni community.
Sabon Birni Local Government Area has come under series of attacks by gunmen of late.
In a statement on Monday, police spokesperson, Sanusi Abubakar said investigations revealed that the claim was not true.
According to the spokesperson, the police have developed many proactive strategies and intelligence to verify the claim.
He said security forces are carrying out operations to restore normalcy in banditry-affected areas.
“The attention of Sokoto State Police Command has been drawn to the above purported story in circulation online and other media outlets that bandits imposed new heads on Sabon Birni villages and payments of fines.
“The command reassures members of the public, particularly residents of Sokoto State that it did not rest on its oars in fighting against banditry and other forms of crimes in the state.
“Investigation reveals that the above claim of bandits imposing heads on Sabon Birni villages is not substantiated.
“We equally devised so many proactive strategies and intelligence policing to ascertain the genesis of such claims.
“However, there is an ongoing operation in which the driving force is under Operation Hadarin Daji, including the military, police, Air Force and Special Forces.
“Soonest, this operation will be taken to the bandits camp and normalcy will be restored in areas affected by banditry activities,” he said.
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