No fewer than 29 bandits have been killed by operatives of Operation Hadarin Daji in an onslaught carried out by the troops in Moriki forest of Zamfara state.
This was confirmed by the Public Relations Officers of the operation, Lieutenant Oni Orisun in Gusau.
He said that the troops moved against the bandits after they failed to embrace the 24-hour ultimatum issued by the Force Commander, Major General Jide Ogunlade for them to surrender and embrace peace.
An eye witness to part of the operation, Lawali Moriki said in an interview that they saw a lot of movement by security men more than usual these past days.
The Force Commander had on Tuesday warned the bandits that they would be smoked out of their hideouts if they failed to surrender.
Ogunlade had expressed disappointment in the failure of the bandits to accept amnesty offered in May by Governor Muhammed Bello, noting that some of them even tried to hoodwink the state government with a fake surrender.
