Troops Kill Bandits In Benue, Nasarawa

Troops of the Nigeria Army have raided locations in Benue and Nasarawa States to flush out bandits terrorizing the people.

The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, disclosed this on Friday in a statement.

He said “Following credible intelligence reports on the hideout of some notorious elements who were alleged to be terrorising Abaji general area of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, troops of Sectors 2 and 4 swiftly mobilized to the area to flush out the bandits”.

According to him, “the troops made contact with armed bandits around Asogo village who on sighting troops opened fire on them and thereafter fled into the surrounding bushes. Troops promptly returned fire thereby killing 3 while one locally made pistol and 11 rounds of 7.62mm Special ammunition were recovered”.

On the same day, troops of Sector 3 carried out a dawn raid on the residence of kingpins said to be behind recent clashes between herders and farmers at Atiyagiso community in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

General Enenche explained that “during the operation, the troops successfully apprehended 2 suspects namely Mr Abdulkareem and Mohammed Sani who confessed their involvement in the crime following which they were handed over to the police for further action”.

He noted that the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies would not relent until normalcy is restored to all troubled zones.

Members of the public are also requested to continue to provide credible information to the troops operating within their localities.

The Coordinator Defence Media Operations added that “in continuation of aggressive clearance operation to stamp out banditry and other criminal activities in the North Central zone of the country, troops of Operation WHIRL STROKE have continued to record more successes”.