Troops eliminate 858 bandits, arrest 2,318 – DHQ

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DHQ says the military achieved the feat through operations Hadarin Daji in North-west, Safe Haven and Whirl Stroke in North-central as well as Thunder Strike/Whirl Punch in North-west and North-central regions.

The Defence Headquarters says troops eliminated a total of 858 bandits, arrested 2,318 and rescued 554 kidnapped victims in different operations across North-west and North-central between May 2021 and January 2022.

Under Operation Hadarin Daji, he said the operational efforts of the gallant troops resulted in the killing of 537 bandits and other criminal elements and arrest of 374 criminal elements including bandits and their collaborators as well as criminal herdsmen and robbers. He said the Air Component recorded another feat on January 3 when it executed air offensives on bandits’ enclaves at Gusami Forest and West Tsamre village in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara, which led to the neutralisation of scores of bandits.

According to him, troops carried out various non-kinetic activities in different locations within the theatre to contain security challenges in its area of responsibility.

 

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