Eighty bandits have been killed, 33 suspects arrested, 943 cows, 633 sheep recovered and seven AK47 Riffles, one GPMG,16 Dane guns have been captured
in the onslaught against bandits in Katsina State by troops of Operation Sahel Sanity, the Nigerian Military has said.
It added that “the gallant troops continue to dominate volatile areas with confidence building patrols, ambushes and clearance operations to deny the bandits and other criminal elements freedom of action. This achievement is further evident by the active resumption of farming, social and economic activities by the locals with reduced fear of threats in their localities”.
These acts of criminalities orchestrated by the bandits had before now crippled the agricultural, social and economic activities of the people of this zone”.It continued that, “the people of the North-West Zone felt immediate impact of the operation with the tremendous successes achieved within the short period of time.
“So far, in all the operations conducted, 80 armed bandits have been neutralized, a total of 943 cows, 633 sheep/rams recovered; 33 suspected bandits arrested; 7 AK47 Riffles, 1 GPMG and 16 Dane guns captured; 17 kidnapped victims rescued and 14 bandits informants and collaborators arrested.
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