The military says killed at least 135 bandits in camps in Katsina and Zamfara states, destroying their buildings.
The Defence Media Operations Coordinator, Major General John Enenche, said this in a statement on Saturday. He said the bandits were killed following airstrikes on Thursday and Friday.
Enenche said, “The air interdiction missions were painstakingly undertaken by the Air Component as it dispatched its attack aircraft to the locations in multiple bombing runs, some of which were executed simultaneously.’’
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