Troops and Special Forces of the Nigerian Army made further gains in ongoing offensives as they neutralized a total of nine bandits during fierce battles in some locations in Giwa Local Government Area of the State.
Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State in a statement confirmed that, the feedback from the Kaduna State Government disclosed that the troops cleared a bandit camp at a river line around Rafin Sarki and neutralized five bandits in the vicinity, while many others fled.
In another leg of the fierce encounter in the same general area, the troops and Special Forces cleared a hideout around Galadimawa forest, where four bandits were engaged and neutralized. More than a dozen kidnapped women and children were rescued by the troops, and they were abandoned by their captors after superior firepower. On clearing the camp, the troops combat-ready officers and men recovered five locally made firearms, five rounds of ammunition, four cartridges, a radio and a charger, including one military-issue jungle hat.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai praised the consistent efforts of the troops of the operation and further thanked them for the feats and successful rescue of the victims. Offensives in the identified enclaves continue across the State. The State Government hereby appeals to citizens to continue to volunteer information on bandits, their hideouts as well as their informants and logicians, via these phone lines: (09034000060) and (08170189999).
