The army says it neutralised 27 armed bandits and destroyed some of their hideouts along the Nahuta-Doumborou corridor on the boundary between the states of Katsina and Zamfara. Read more:
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji engaged the bandits in both land and air attacks on May 14 following intelligence reports that a known bandit leader and his followers were harboured in a cluster of huts near a high ground in the area, said Maj-Gen John Enenche, coordinator of Defence media operations.
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