Uncategorized
Troops Kill 82 Bandits in Katsina, Zamfara
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have killed 82 bandits in Katsina and Zamfara States.
According to reports, while 67 criminals were eliminated at the Birnin Kogo Forest in Katsina, 15 were killed at the Ajjah Forest in Zamfara.
Maj. Gen. John Enenche, the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, who disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement, titled, ‘Operation Hadarin Daji: Air components neutralises scores of bandits in airstrikes at Birnin Kogo forest and Ajjah forest in Zamfara,’ said the airstrikes executed on Monday, was sequel to intelligence on the hideouts of the bandits.
It explained that the Nigerian Air Force fighter jets and helicopter gunships took turns in engaging the target areas, scoring accurate hits on the caves used by the bandits to shield themselves from airstrikes.
The statement read: “No fewer than 67 bandits, armed with very high calibre weapons, including Anti-Aircraft guns, have been neutralised and several others injured in air interdiction missions executed by the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji at Birnin Kogo Forest in Katsina State.
Similarly, about 15 bandits were eliminated in airstrikes conducted by the Air Component at Ajjah Forest in Zamfara State.
Both airstrikes were carried out on 23 November 2020, sequel to credible human intelligence reports as well as aerial surveillance missions that led to the identification of the two forest hideouts, which housed scores of the bandits along with hundreds of rustled cattle.