Banditry: Troops Kill 84 Terrorists In North-East, North-West

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai and Hadarin Daji have killed over 84 terrorists in North East and North West in the last two weeks.

Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Bernard Onyeuko, made the known while giving an update on military operations across the country between December 9 and 23 in Abuja.

He added that under Operation Hadin Kai the troops carried out several land and air operations that recorded significant results at different locations across the theatre within the period.

The Spokesman also the operational efforts resulted in the killing of 51 and arrest of 19 terrorists as well as the surrendering of 1,081 and their families. He said a total of 122 assorted arms and 1,499 rounds of different calibres of ammunition were recovered, while eight gun trucks were also destroyed.

Onyeuko also explained that under Operation Hadarin Daji, the troops had sustained land and air offensives against the bandits and other criminal elements at different locations across the North-West theatre.

He said the troops’ operational efforts yielded results at Kaikazaka village in Sokoto State as well as Garbadu town and Saturi, Katanga, Badarawa and Tunga Na Yarchiga villages in Zamfara.

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