Buoyed by recent successes against armed bandits in the North West region, the Nigerian Military continues to disrupt the activities of the terrorists in the region as the Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI has dealt another blow to armed bandits in Zamfara State with the disruption of a camp in the Kagara Forest as well as the neutralization of some of their fighters.
According to a statement by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, "the mission was conducted on 20 July 2020 pursuant to Human Intelligence reports indicating heavy presence of the armed bandits, along with a large number of rustled livestock, in a portion of the forest. This was later confirmed by series of aerial surveillance missions".
"Accordingly, the Air Component dispatched Nigerian Air Force fighter jets to engage the location, with their munitions hitting the targets leading to the killing of some of the armed bandits. Some of them who were seen attempting to escape camouflaged in between the livestock were taken out in follow-on attacks".
Recall that Nigerian troops recently killed no less than 17 bandits in a fierce encounter at Jibia in Katsina State although several media also reported that the military also lost about 18 of its personnel in the encounter.
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