During an ambush patrol in the Kaduna State Local Government Areas (LGAs), the military’s Operation Forest Sanity troops killed 10 bandits and found six functioning motorcycles.
In a statement released on Friday, Samuel Aruwan, the state commissioner for internal security and home affairs, said that the army had set up ambush positions at bandit crossing locations in the Buruku/Birnin Gwari regions.
In the first mission that was successful, the military made contact with the bandits and managed to disarm eight of them while also reclaiming four motorcycles and three mobile phones.
During clearance patrols along the Sabon Birni-Maidaro-Dogon Dawa-Galadimawa-Kidandan-Fatika axes, forces neutralized two bandits in a related operation. During the raid, the troops found one AK-47 gun, two magazines holding 52 rounds, six motorcycles, and three cell phones.
In the Giwa LGA, the army also evicted camps between Garke and Galadimawa, where they found nine motorcycles, three Dane weapons, two magazines, and some uniforms.