By FOLUSHO ALADE, ABUJA
Air strikes from the air task force of Operation Hadarin Daji has neutralized several armed bandits in the Bayan Ruwa area of Zamfara State according to the latest information from the Defence Media Operations(DMO) of the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday.
The report also stated that several terrorists’ hideouts were also destroyed.
The report contained in a press release signed by MAJ GEN JOHN ENENCHE, Coordinator, Defence media operations said the air strikes were carried out on the on 1st and 2nd of December 2020 by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships after credible Intelligence reports indicating that a group of armed bandits, led by one so-called Jummo, who has ties to terrorist elements in the North East, had established a camp at the location.
The statement reads in full:
“The Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI has neutralized several armed bandits and destroyed some of their facilities, including logistics items, at their hideout in a forested high ground area near Bayan Ruwa in Zamfara State.
“This was achieved through air strikes executed on 1 and 2 December 2020 pursuant to credible Human Intelligence (HUMINT) reports and confirmatory surveillance missions indicating that a group of armed bandits, led by one so-called Jummo, who has ties to terrorist elements in the North East, had established a camp at the location, where they kept their motorcycles, high-calibre weapons as well as scores of rustled cattle.
“Accordingly, the Air Component dispatched an appropriate force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships, which acquired and engaged the target area in successive passes, killing some of the bandits and their leaders and destroying portions of the camp, including their logistics storage, which was seen engulfed in flames”. The statement said.
