Scores of armed bandits have been neutralized and their weapons destroyed in airstrikes executed by the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji at 2 separate bandits’ camps, at Tsibiri and Manya, in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
A statement by the Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major-General John Enenche, said this is as part of offensive operations of “Operation Accord” to rid the North-West and North-Central states of banditry.
The air interdiction mission at Tsibiri, which is located 15 kilometres East of Zurmi, was executed on the heels of credible Human Intelligence reports indicating that the camp, with its clusters of thatched huts nestled close to a group of trees, was being used by the bandits to house their fighters and store their weapons and ammunition.
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Two Nigerian Air Force attack helicopters were dispatched to engage the location scoring accurate hits on the target area leading to the destruction of the structures and the weapons and ammunition stored in them as well as the neutralisation of bandits in the huts and surrounding bushes.
The attack helicopters later conducted an airstrike on another camp, South of Manya, which also resulted in the killing of more armed bandits, including some of their leaders, as they gathered for a meeting at the location.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
