{"id":316,"date":"2025-02-12T14:17:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/katsina-police-arrest-doctor-treating-wounded-bandits\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T14:17:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:17:32","slug":"katsina-police-arrest-doctor-treating-wounded-bandits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/katsina-police-arrest-doctor-treating-wounded-bandits\/","title":{"rendered":"Katsina Police Arrest Doctor Treating Wounded Bandits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Security forces have arrested a medical practitioner from Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State for allegedly providing medical treatment to wounded bandits, including the notorious Usman Modi Modi, who has a N50 million bounty on his head.<\/p>\n<p>In a video obtained by security analyst, Zagazola Makama, the suspect, identified as Lawan Ado, confessed to treating several injured bandits.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, they would pick him up and take him to their hideouts whenever they needed medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>He said the first bandit he treated was Usman Modi Modi after the gang leader sustained gunshot wounds in a clash with the Yan Kyanbara vigilante group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was first taken to a hospital in Taskiya for treatment, but two days later, they brought me to treat him further. 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