Nigerian troops, Operation Hadarin Daji have neutralized bandits, rescued kidnapped victims, as well recovered several items including rustled cattle in the North-West. Nigerian Army confirmed that its men have neutralized armed bandits efforts to attack Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State; as men of the Service responded swiftly, forcing the bandits to flee with gunshot wounds during the pursuit.
Also, operatives of Team 8 of Sector 3, Operation Hadarin Daji, deployed in Sabon Birni in Sokoto State conducted clearance operations, discovered and destroyed bandits’ hideouts at Kusabunni Forest, Tafkin Gawo, Alumdawa, Ungwar Mailele and Malamawa villages in Sokoto State.
It added that items recovered from the bandits’ hideouts are three motorcycles, three AK-47 magazines and ammunition, stressing that others include varieties of pairs of both military and foreign camouflage uniforms, police uniform and a radio.
The Army noted further that troops of Sector 2 in Katsina State also launched an offensive operation along the withdrawal routes of some kidnappers at Kore town, in Batagarawa LGA of Katsina State.
It noted that four persons who were captured from their farmland by armed bandits along Ungwan Madugu of Dandume Local Government Area were rescued by troops of Operation Hadarin Daji in Katsina State.
