Troops Kill Zamfara Bandits Kingpin ‘Dangote’

The leader of an armed bandits gang, known as “Dangote,” has been killed by the Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI, after the troops attacked and destroyed his new camp in the Doumborou Forest area of Zamfara State.

A statement issued on Saturday by Defence Headquarters spokesman, John Enenche, said the air strikes also killed several armed bandits.

According to Enenche, the strikes, executed on July 23, followed Human Intelligence (HUMINT) reports as well as series of confirmatory aerial surveillance missions established that members of the gang, along with their logistics items, motorcycles and hundreds of rustled livestock, had relocated from their erstwhile position to new area by a rocky high ground within the Forest.

He said “The Air Component therefore dispatched an enhanced force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships to attack the location.

“The attack aircraft engaged the target area scoring accurate hits and taking out some of the bandits. Many others, who were seen trying to flee the location in disarray, were mopped-up in follow-on attacks.”