The Nigeria Air Force, (NAF), yesterday bombed bandits’ hideouts and killed scores in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed this, listed the settlements bombed as: Sani Maichuku, Alhaji-Chorki, Sangeku, Zabiya, Dutsen-Magaji, Kotonkoro and adjoining areas.
The commissioner also said that some bandits attacked some farmers off a community along the Kaduna-Abuja Highways in Chikun local government area of the State.
He said villagers apprehended two of the bandits terrorising them and that as a result of the beating received, one of them died while the other suspect is in the custody of the troops.
Aruwan said the information was based on operational feedback from the military.
The commissioner also said, “In another development, the military, under the auspices of ‘Operation Thunder Strike’, reported that suspected bandits attacked some farmers in a community off the Kaduna-Abuja Road, in Chikun local government area.
He said governor Nasir el-Rufa’i commended the military for another successful round of operations in the Birnin-Gwari area and urged them to sustained efforts to deny bandits freedom of action.
“The Governor also enjoined communities to embrace full recourse to the law in cooperating with security operatives, stressing that self-help is always a dangerous option,” Aruwan added.
