Troops of the Operation ”Hadarin Daji”, have eliminated 35 bandits and arrested two of their collaborators in different encounters in Zamfara and Katsina State, the Defence Headquarters has said.
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Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have killed 35 bandits and recovered many rustled cows in Zamfara State yesterday.
This was revealed in a statement signed by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Major General John Enenche, and made available to newsmen in Gusau, Zamfara State Capital today.
General Enenche said, “Following credible intelligence on the movement of armed bandits with rustled animals at Bungudu LGA of Zamfara State, troops of Forward Operating Base Kekuwuje yesterday 17 January 2021, responded immediately and made contact with bandits.
“In the course of the encounter, 30 armed bandits were neutralised while 24 cows and an unspecified number of sheep were recovered.
A security source told one of our correspondents that the military mobilised all its arsenal, including air support as well as troops from Dikwa and Monguno, to ensure that the town remained under the control of the Nigerian Army after about 20 hours of fighting with the isurgents.
“Our troops are currently in Marte town as we speak. We are in control of it”, he said.
Air support
Air support was said to have been sent to the ground troops, apparently as a result of the significant level of threat posed to civilian returnees as confirmed by a statement from an officer in the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Saturday at 3:34pm.
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