Troops eliminate 6 bandits, recover 40 police, military uniforms in Kaduna

According to the Nigerian Army’s 1 Division, its troops have killed six suspected bandits in Kaduna State’s Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area.

This was said in a statement issued Thursday in Kaduna by Lt-Col. Musa Yahaya, the Division’s Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations.

Yahaya reported that the operation took place on November 16, and that nine motorcycles and 40 pairs of police and military clothes were discovered.
He added that 1 Division troops and Operation Whirl Punch struck the bandits after receiving accurate intelligence.

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“The highly motivated troops conducted an offensive clearance operation to bandits’ strongholds in Sabon-Birni, Dogon Dawa, Saulawa, Maidaro-Ngede Allah, and Kidenda, all in Birnin Gwari LGA.”

“In the firefight that ensued when contact was made, troops neutralized six bandits, recovered two AK-47 rifles, four AK-47 rifle magazines, 14 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, 40 pairs of bandits uniforms, and nine motorcycles,” stated the official.

According to Yahaya, Maj.-Gen. Valentine Okoro, the General Officer Commanding of 1 Division and the Force Commander of Operation Whirl Punch, thanked the soldiers for their bravery.

He charged them with remaining tough until all terrorists, bandits, and other lawbreakers under the division’s jurisdiction were destroyed.