Nigeria military 'kill 200 bandits' in the northwest

24 Mai 2020

Abuja, Nigeria, May 24 (Infosplusgabon) – The Nigerian Armed Forces said on Sunday that the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) killed “close to 200 armed bandits” in multiple air strikes in the northwest of the country.

A statement by Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, said that the airstrikes took place at Ibrahim Mai’Bai’s Camp in Jibia Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State and Kurmin Kura in Zurmi LGA of Zamfara State on Friday and Saturday.

General Enenche said in the statement that the air strikes were executed after a series of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions led to the confirmation that the two locations were being used as hideouts for some notorious armed bandit leaders whilst also serving as collection points for rustled cattle.

“Accordingly, Air Component, employing Nigerian Air Force ground attack aircraft and helicopter gunships, engaged the two locations in multiple passes, destroying the makeshift structures in the camps as well as killing the bandit leaders and their fighters."

He said human intelligence sources later confirmed that "close to 200 armed bandits were killed in the air strikes at the target locations”.

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