NAF neutralise scores of bandits in Zamfara

In continuation of its operations aimed at rooting out armed bandits from their safe havens within the various forests in the Northwest of Nigeria, the Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI has degraded a camp and neutralised scores of armed bandits in air strikes conducted at a location near Dangote Village in Zamfara State.

According to NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the operation  took place at dawn on 16 June 2019, and was executed based on credible human intelligence (HUMINT) reports “indicating that some armed bandit leaders had assembled for an overnight meeting in a cluster of huts at the location to plan for attacks against nearby communities.”

“Consequently, after confirmatory Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), the Air Component dispatched two Alpha Jets and an attack helicopter to strike the location,” he said.

“Overhead target area, some armed bandits were seen near the huts, while others were spotted in the surrounding bushes. The Alpha Jet attacked the location in successive passes, neutralizing the bandits in the surrounding bushes in the first few passes and destroying two of the huts housing the key leaders, which were seen engulfed in flames, in the fourth pass. 

“Some surviving bandits, who were firing at the attack platforms while attempting to flee the location, were mopped-up in follow-on attacks by the helicopter.”

He said NAF which he said is working in collaboration with other security agencies, would “sustain its operations to flush the bandits out of the Northwest of the Country.”

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