DHQ Confirms Killing Of 8 Cattle Rustlers Hiding In Zamfara Forest

The Defence Headquarters, says it’s troops of Operation HADARIN DAJI have killed some notorious armed bandits and several of their fighters in Kagara Forest of Zamfara State.

Defence Spokesman, John Enenche said the bandits were killed in air strikes carried out by the air component of the operation on Thursday.

The strikes, according to Enenche, were carried out following information which indicated that some armed bandits had relocated with a large number of rustled livestock from the Sokoto State side of the forest and set up camp in the Zamfara State portion of the Forest.

“Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions also later confirmed the exact location of the camp,” he said

“Accordingly, the Air Component dispatched Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships to engage the location.

“As the attack aircraft approached the camp, some of the bandits and their leaders were seen fleeing towards the surrounding bushes. Consequently, the attack aircraft struck the area of vegetation taking out several of the bandits. HUMINT sources later confirmed that 8 bandit leaders and no fewer than a dozen of their fighters were killed as a result of the strikes.”

Zamfara and other North Western states in the country, are reported to be the locations where banditry are mostly carried out by the criminals, usually leaving in its wake shedding of blood.