The Defence Headquarters has said that troops have eliminated no fewer than 108 bandits in the North-West and scores of terrorists in the North East in the last one week.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, John Enenche, a Major-General, disclosed this while giving weekly update of military operations across the country between November 19 and 25 on Thursday in Abuja.
In the North-west, Mr Enenche said that troops of Operation Hadarin Daji and other subsidiary operations had sustained aggressive operations, with tremendous successes within the week.
He said the troops carried out series of raids, aerial ambushes, clearance operations and confidence building patrols, leading to killing of several bandits and arrest of some of their collaborators.
Mr Enenche disclosed that the troops had on November 24 eliminated 82 bandits in air interdiction missions at Birnin Kogo forest in Katsina State and Ajjah forest in Zamfara.
He said that 17 bandits were also neutralised at Dunya forest in Katsina State through air strikes during the period.
He stated further that the raids were sequel to credible intelligence and confirmatory surveillance missions indicating that dozens of Ansaru terrorists group-linked bandits had established a camp at the location where scores of rustled cattle were also being kept.
The Major-General also said that a total of 11 illegal miners, as well as a number of bandits’ collaborators and gun runners, were also apprehended during the period.
According to him, troops had continued to dominate the general area kinetically, in order to deny bandits freedom of action.
