Troops of the Joint Taskforce Northwest Operation Hadarin Daji, (OPHD), in their ongoing onslaught against bandits, have killed several suspected terrorists and destroyed their camps.
The feat was achieved in a simultaneous clearance operation in Zamfara and Kebbi States in Northwest Nigeria.
The Force Information Officer of Operation Hadarin Daji, Captain Yahaya Ibrahim, made this known in a statement on Tuesday.
It said the accomplishment was recorded on October 30, when the Special Forces troops of OPHD conducted a fighting patrol, following credible information on terrorists’ activities at Sangeko Forest in Kebbi State, where the troops quickly responded and engaged the criminals in an intense firefight.
The superior firepower of the troops was said to have overwhelmed the terrorists; as a result, the troops killed three of them, while others escaped with gunshot wounds.
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Two operational motorcycles were recovered and destroyed instantly.
In a similar development, during an onslaught and clearance operation conducted by troops of the OPHD, the bandits’ kingpin, Dogo Gide, narrowly escaped death with gunshot injuries, as his foot soldiers were on the run, while his hideouts were discovered and destroyed.
The troops clamped down on the terrorists’ enclaves at Dansadau, Mai Tukunya, and Babban Doka villages, which have been the hideouts for Dogo Gide in Zamfara State.
During the incursion, the combat-ready troops dominated Yau Sarkin Pawa House of Dogo Gide, searched the house, and destroyed it.
Items recovered from the Dogo Gide’s residence include a tailoring factory for sewing various military and other security agencies’ uniforms; improvised explosive devices (IEDs); a mini pharmacy suspected to be used for the treatment of wounded terrorists; five operational motorcycles and sewing machines, among other items that were set ablaze.
The gallant troops of the OPHD further advanced for aggression against the terrorist bandits and cleared Malele, Mutunji and Kwana, among other villages being used as hideouts for the terrorists.
The troops also discovered and cleared bandit hideouts at Koli, Bakin Dutse, and Farin Ruwa villages, where four motorcycles and mobile phones used by the terrorists were discovered and destroyed.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)
