by troops during the operation.
Troops have killed nine suspected bandits along the
Kaduna-Abuja Highway, the Kaduna State government has
revealed.
The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel
Aruwan, confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday.
He noted that the bandits were killed by troops securing the
Kaduna-Abuja Road general area during a gun battle that began on
Monday night and lasted till the early hours of the next day.
Aruwan who attributed the information to operational feedback
stated that the soldiers acted on intelligence that the bandits
were attempting to cross over from the eastern part of the
Kaduna-Abuja Road to the western part, with a large herd of rustled
cattle.
He disclosed that the herders whose cattle were rustled from the
eastern part of the route alerted the military for immediate
action.
The commissioner said an ambush was successfully laid by the
troops, as the bandits walked into the killing zone.
According to him, the bandits were welcomed with a hail of
bullets, leaving one of them dead while seven more died from
ferocious gunshot wounds sustained in the ambush, as their bodies
were mutilated.
Aruwan also disclosed that one empty magazine, two mobile
phones, as well as sets of army camouflage and desert boots, among
other items were recovered from the bandits.
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killed by security forces in Kaduna State.
In a separate operation on Tuesday morning, security operatives
foiled an attempt by bandits to cross the Kaduna-Abuja highway with
rustled cattle, this time around the Greenfield University.
The troops, guided by some local volunteers who helped them with
the direction of the bandits’ movement, engaged the criminals in a
firefight.
One of the local volunteers lost his life during the operation
while a bandit’s corpse was found, along with several rounds of
7.62mm special ammunition.
Residents of villages around Jakada-Darabi, Gwanto, Kasarami,
Kankomi, Chikwari, and neighbouring locations in Chikun and Kajuru
Local Government Areas were asked to report any person found
seeking medical attention for suspicious wounds.
On receiving the feedback, Governor Nasir El-Rufai congratulated
the security agencies on the successful operations and urged them
to sustain the tempo in the ongoing offensive against bandits.
He also sent his condolences to the family of the volunteer who
lost his life and prayed for the repose of his soul.
The governor appealed to locals to always raise alarm in all
cases and not only when they were directly affected, saying the
fight against banditry involved everyone.
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