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Nigerian Military Airstrike Kills Scores of Boko Haram Terrorists - Official
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Nigeria: 5 Soldiers Killed, 35 Civilians Abducted in 2 ISWAP Attacks
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By Sumaila Ogbaje
Abuja, 20, 2020 The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have raided an hideout of some of late Gana’s militia gang members in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue killing two.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Sunday, said that troops also arrested one of the bandits.
Enenche said the recent operation was in continuation of efforts to forestall banditry and other criminal activities in the North Central zone of the country.
He also disclosed that three locally made rifles, 21 rounds of 7.62mm Special Ammunition as well as other items including a motorcycle were recovered by the troops during the encounter.
Nigerian Military, Police Give Conflicting Accounts On Rescued Islamic School Pupils
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The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen.
John Enenche in a statement on Sunday, however, said that the children were returning from Maulud programme at Unguwar Al-Kasim village when they were kidnapped.
Enenche said the troops received a distress call at about 11:30 pm. on Saturday from locals at Mahuta village that suspected bandits were moving with unconfirmed numbers of Islamiya children mostly girls and rustled cattle. How troops rescued abducted Islamiya students from bandits in Katsina. [Twitter/@DefenceInfoNG]
He said the troops mobilised to the scene, laid ambush and blocked bandits’ route along Daudawa-Kadisau and road Sheme Mairuwa and Unguwar Audu village.