Military airstrikes kill scores of bandits, destroy 10 camps in Katsina, Zamfara
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Wednesday, said the success was recorded in a subsidiary air interdiction operation, codenamed Wutan Daji.
According to him, 10 locations have been attacked and scores of armed bandits neutralised since the operation began on June 20.He said: “Some of the significant airstrikes include those executed at Dutsen Asolo and Birnin Kogo areas of Katsina State as well as at Dogo Gede’s Camp in the Kwayanbana Forest area of Zamfara state.
“Some surviving bandits, who were tracked escaping from the cave area, were taken out in follow-on strikes. “The Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who was in Katsina to oversee the operations, commended the Air component of Operation Hadarin Daji for their professionalism.
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