ONE hundred and thirty five suspected bandits have been killed in massive air raids launched on their hideouts in Katsina and Zamfara States
The raids spanned three days , according to the Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche. Enenche said the renewed offensive resulted in the decimation of several camps and neutralization of “no fewer than 135 armed bandits in massive air raids executed at several locations in Katsina and Zamfara States between 20 and 22 May 2020.
“At the Abu Radde Camps on 20 May 2020, a set of huts housing one of the notorious bandit leaders was taken out by air strikes with scores of the bandits killed and few seen fleeing with gunshot wounds towards the Dumburum forest. Similar air raids were executed at Hassan Tagwaye’s and Alhaji Auta’s Camps as well as at Maikomi with equally devastating effects. HUMINT reports later confirmed that no fewer than 135 bandits were neutralized by the series of air strikes at the various locations.
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