No fewer than 48 bandits were neutralised by troops of 8 Division, Nigerian Army operating in Zamfara in the ongoing clampdown on banditry and other heinous crimes in the North West.
The Director Army Public Relations Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, in a statement, said the offensive against the criminal elements, followed the directive of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahir, to the Division to stabilise the area to facilitate the return of socio-economic activities.
The Army said: “Troops of 8 Division, Nigerian Army operating in Zamfara and adjoining States made tremendous progress in the ongoing fight against banditry and other violent crimes in the North West.“The Division had earlier launched Operation Tsare Mutane following the directives of the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru for the Division to stabilise the area in order to facilitate the return of socio-economic activities”.
“The troops successfully neutralised 48 bandits while the bandits leader in the area, Jummo, sustained gunshot wound to his leg. The troops rescued 18 kidnap victims from the bandits’ enclave. Moreover, eight AK-47 rifles and one G3 rifle, as well as one PKT and a Machine Gun were recovered from the Bandits.
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