Troops of the Nigerian Army Operation Whirl Punch neutralized armed bandits in a location several kilometers off Kaduna-Abuja Road.
Also Troops of Operation Forest Sanity responded to reports of an attack around Dende-Buruku Junction along the Damba-Dende-Buruku Road, Chikun LGA where they rescued two victims who had been kidnapped in transit.
Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State who disclosed this in a statement said the development is part of the ongoing campaign of taking the battle to the doorsteps of the bandits.
According to an operational feedback, troops acting on credible intelligence carried out aggressive fighting patrols to Abasiya-Amale area located east of Polewire in Kachia LGA, where they engaged the bandits.
In the fierce battle, the troops overpowered the bandits and subsequently destroyed their hideouts.
He added that the troops are still combing the general area at the time of this update, while the corpses of two neutralized bandits have been recovered.
Also One AK-47 rifle ,two magazines carrying 38 rounds of ammunition
one cell phone were recovered from them
Aruwon who maintained that some bandits escaped with life threatening injuries and might be seeking medical assistance in the general area warn locals to refrain from rendering any assistance to questionable elements, and should instead report such matters to the following numbers:
09034000060
08170189999
The public will be intimated on further developments.
