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The Nigerian Army and some community leaders in Dansandau Emirate of Maru LGA, Zamfara State, have differed over the claim that it (Army) had recorded a huge success in the fight against terrorism and kidnapping in the North-West.
While the Army claimed that it neutralised 220 bandits, rescued 642 kidnapped victims, foiled 167 banditry and 81 kidnapped attempts from June to December last year, the community leaders insisted that they had yet to see the impact of the military’s success against terror and kidnapping in the geo-political zone.
The acting Director Defence, Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, while briefing newsmen in Faskari Super Camp Four on Wednesday, added that apart from the killing of 220 bandits, 197 bandits’ camps were also destroyed during the period under review.