… scores of Ansaru Terrorist Sect-linked bandits group members neutralized
By FOLUSHO ALADE,ABUJA
Air component of Operation Thunder Strike has destroyed bandits’ bases and camps in Kuduru forest area of Kaduna State in a clearance Operation.
According to a report from the Defence Media Operations (DMO) of the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Saturday, several armed bandits were also neutralized in the operation.
The report contained in a Press statement signed by Coordinator, DMO, MAJ GEN JOHN ENENCHE said the air strikes operation was carried out on the 13th of August 2020 after series of intelligence reports indicating the convergence of members of an Ansaru Terrorist Sect-linked bandits group, led by one MALLAM ABBA.
The statement said in full:
“ The Air Component of Operation THUNDER STRIKE has neutralized several armed bandits at their camp in the Kuduru Forest area of Kaduna State.
“This was achieved through air strikes carried out on 13 August 2020 on the heels of intelligence reports indicating the convergence of members of an Ansaru Terrorist Sect-linked bandits group, led by one Mallam Abba, at the location. Aerial surveillance missions conducted over the area also observed several bandits, some wielding weapons, in the forest.
“ Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jets and helicopter gunships were therefore tasked to attack the location. Several of the bandits were killed as the attack aircraft strafed the area, while others attempting to escape were mopped-up in follow-on attacks”, the statement read.
