Zamfara killings: Air Force hits hard on killer bandits
Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja.
Daramola explained that the operation was executed sequel to Human Intelligence reports indicating that the bandits were using a compound within Ajia as a logistics store to support their operations. The spokesman said few survivors, seen fleeing the vicinity of the target area, were taken out in follow-on attacks while others, who managed to escape the area, were tracked to Wonaka and equally neutralised.
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