No fewer than 67 bandits, armed with very high calibre weapons, including Anti-Aircraft (AA) Guns, have been killed and several others injured in air interdiction missions executed by the Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI at Birnin Kogo Forest in Katsina State.
A Statement by the coordinator of defence media operations Major General John Enenche says In the same vein, about 15 bandits were eliminated in the airstrikes conducted by the Air Component at Ajjah Forest in Zamfara State. Both airstrikes were carried out on Tuesday 23 November 2020, following credible Human Intelligence reports as well as aerial surveillance missions that led to the identification of the 2 forest hideouts, which housed scores of the armed bandits along with hundreds of rustled cattle.
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships dispatched by the Air Component to attack the 2 locations took turns in engaging the target areas, scoring accurate hits on the caves, which are used by the armed bandits to shield themselves from airstrikes.
Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
