Airstrikes Kill Several Bandits, Destroy Camps In Kaduna, Zamfara
THE Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch has attacked bandits’ hideouts in Kidandan, Giwa Local Council of Kaduna State, confirmed as the hideout of a banditry kingpin, Alhaji Ganai.
The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Homes Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, on Sunday, November 20, said several of the criminals were killed in the strike, while the hideout of a bandit, Ali Kawaje, in Birnin Gwari Local Council was similarly destroyed, as well as those of Musa Pajelo and Kachalla Bello.
“Targets were also engaged and destroyed in Walawa area, Fadaman Kanauta and Kuduru. Bandits were sighted and neutralised in locations four kilometres Southwest of Alhaji Ishiaka, six kilometres Northeast of Maguzawa and two kilometres West of Yelwa. Several bandits were sighted and neutralised at Dankero, Giwa Local Council,” he said.
He stated that areas covered in Chikun Local Council include Gwagwada Forest, Kugosi, Godani, Twali, Gwagwada, Sarkin Pawa, Kabai, Kabusu Hills, Amara Hills, Sabon Gayan and Polewire, adding that an active location was engaged and destroyed about four kilometres South of Godani.
In a related development, aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has attacked the enclave of a notorious gun runner, Malam Ila, at Manawa Village in Shinkafi Local Council of Zamfara State.
A defence operative stated that the gun runner was the major supplier of sophisticated weapons to the notorious terrorist, Bello Turji, in Zamfara.
Another source disclosed that Ila narrowly escaped, but sustained critical injuries.
When contacted, the NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, confirmed the strikes, maintaining that the military operations continued to curtail the excesses of bandits and terrorists in the states.
Meanwhile, bandits in the evening of Saturday, November 19 abducted 19 people, including three nursing mothers and their one-week-old babies, in Kobre community in Zurmi Local Council of Zamfara State.
The abduction occurred barely 48 hours after over 40 people were kidnapped.
