Another Camp Obliterates, as Troops Neutralizes Several Armed Bandits in Kaduna State - DHQ

By Aviashima Toom, Abuja

The Defence Headquarters says, In her efforts to rid Kaduna State and its environs of armed bandits and other criminal elements, the Air Component of Operation THUNDER STRIKE has obliterated another camp and neutralized several armed bandits at the Kusasu Area of Kaduna State. 

In a statement signed on Tuesday by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John Enenche in Ahuja said the feats was achieved through air strikes executed after Human Intelligence reports, corroborated by series of aerial surveillance missions, led to the identification of the camp of a bandits’ leader known as Alhaji Labi, an associate of Dogon Gede, a notorious bandits’ leader in Katsina State. 

He said that accordingly, the Air Component dispatched an appropriate force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships to attack the location. 

Disclosing that, overhead the target area, significant presence of the bandits, along with a large number of rustled cattle, was observed. 

He stated that, the attack aircraft took turns in engaging the location, delivering devastating hits which destroyed the bandits’ structures, including their logistics storage facilities, which were seen engulfed in flames. Several armed bandits were also killed in the attack. 

Enenche said that, the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies remained resolute in the fight against banditry and other sundry crimes and will not relent until normalcy is restored to all troubled zones of the country.