In a joint operation to rid Nigerian forest of terrorist bandits, the Department of State Services (DSS) and the military have killed about 45 bandits around Kuchi town in Munya LGA of Niger State. The operation, which was meant to be carried out secretly, has made another remarkable victory in the sustained offensives against bandits in the area.
Source amongst the security forces revealed that, the DSS had painstakingly trailed the bandits and averted a possible invasion of several villages they orchestrate a massive attacks, planned by kingpin Dogo Gide, and other bandit’s gang loyal to him.
The sources added that, intelligence acquired from the secret police in its renewed covert efforts revealed that the terrorists who were from Bilbis forest, Maru LGA of Zamfara State and some parts of Kaduna State were invited by Gide to attack villages in the Kuchi area where they met their waterloo.
The source explained, “In the early hours of Monday, 2nd June 2025, bandits from Kaduna and Zamfara States, numbering about 100, heavily armed with sophisticated weapons, advanced towards Kuchi town in Munya LGA”.
“However, operatives launched a surprise attack and waylaid the bandits in the outskirts of Kuchi town. The operatives engaged the fleeing dissidents in a gun duel, which saw the elimination of the bandits, with several injured and motorcycles and ammunition recovered. Meanwhile, the reports also indicate that five of the DSS operatives sustained severe injuries and are currently hospitalized.
“This ambush which is a part of sustained offensives against the bandits, followed the earlier decimation of over 50 bandits, has dealt a heavy blow on Dogo Gide who in the past months has been losing huge territories to the superior firepower and covert disruptions by operatives deployed to these troubled spots.
“Serious heat has been turned on them, and we hope they will be sustained. We pray that these efforts, by the SSS that appear quite new and aimed at saving our communities from the bandits, will continue”
This success is an effort to actualize the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Tinubu of making a Nigerian forests a safe place and to also bring succor to the locals after the dislodgement of several bandits.
Recall, Bandits have been consistently attacking different communities across the country despite efforts to put them in check.
To stem the tide in killings, Chief of Army Staff, Olufemi Oluyede, relocated to Benue State earlier in the week.