Operation Accord: Troops kill scores of bandits, destroy camps in air strikes in Katsina

The Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI has destroyed some armed bandits’ camps in a forest killing scores of armed bandits in Katsina State south of Birnin Kogo along the Katsina-Zamfara boundary area.

The air strikes according to the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations Major General John Enenche the operation which is in continuation of the renewed offensive to rid the North West and North Central States of criminal elements, were executed yesterday, 15 June 2020, as part of missions under the subsidiary Operation ACCORD after Human Intelligence (HUMINT) reports as well as series of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions indicated that some clusters of huts in the area were being used as mini-camps by members of notorious armed bandits’ gang led by one so-called “Adamu Aleiro”.

“The Air Component dispatched a force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack aircraft and helicopter gunships to engage the area, leading to the destruction of 3 of the targeted camps, some of which were seen engulfed in flames. Several of the criminals were also neutralized in the process.”

General Enenche assured residents in the affected areas that the air component will continue to provide close air support for ongoing ground operations in order to eradicate all armed bandits; thus restoring normalcy in the North West and North Central Zones of the Country.