By FOLUSHO ALADE, ABUJA
Air Strikes from the air component of Operation Thunder Strike have neutralized several armed bandits in the Kuzo area of Kaduna state in a clearance operation.
According to a press release from the Defence Media operations (DMO) of the Defence Headquarters in Abuja the operation was carried out on the 7th of October 2020 .
The statement said the air strikes were conducted by a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack helicopter on armed reconnaissance mission in the area after spotting the bandits in the Kuzo area of Kaduna State as they attempted to move hundreds of rustled livestock through the area.
The statement signed by the Coordinator, DMO, MAJ GEN JOHN ENENCHE said in full:
“The Air Component of Operation THUNDER STRIKE has neutralized several armed bandits in the Kuzo area of Kaduna State, as they attempted to move hundreds of rustled livestock through the area.
“This was achieved yesterday, 7 November 2020, when a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack helicopter, on armed reconnaissance mission in the area, spotted the bandits, along with the rustled livestock, in an open patch along the East-West Axis of the Forest. The helicopter strafed the target area leading to the neutralization of several of the bandits”. The statement read.
