"Operation Sharan Daji" Troops kill 35, arrest 39 armed bandits in North-West

Troops in the North-West zone code-named Operation Sharan Daji, have killed 35 armed bandits and arrested 38 of them which have been handed over to the police in the various states of their arrest. The General Officer Commanding (GOC)1 Division Nigeria Army, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade who made the disclosure while briefing journalists on Saturday on their activities within the past 2 months.
Oyebade said that 6,009 various animals were recovered within the zone as well as several AK-47 rifles, dane guns, and a variety of weapons and ammunition.

In the course of the operations carried out in Kaduna, Zamfara, Niger, Kano and Katsina states, the GOC also disclosed that 49 camps of the bandits were destroyed and the arrested suspects within Kaduna State were handed over to the police command and the animals handed over to the state government, while those arrested in Zamfara, Katsina and Kano States where equally handed over to their state police commands and governments accordingly.
During the course of the various operations, the GOC also disclosed, one Sergeant Nansel Dangnap of 2 Battalion was killed by armed bandits while 3 soldiers sustained injuries.
General Oyebade also disclosed that fleeing terrorists from the North-East to North-West are being tracked and many of them arrested.

Daily Trust

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