The Nigerian Military says its Air Component of Operation Hadarin has recorded more successes against armed bandits in the North with the obliteration of their camps, structures and have killed scores of their fighters in Katsina State.
John Enenche, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations (DMO) who disclosed this in Abuja, said no fewer than 37 bandits were killed during the operation at Dunya while many more were killed at Birnin Kogo in the state.
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The Coordinator stated that the air raids were conducted on the heels of impeccable intelligence reports indicating that the two camps, with their clusters of huts, were among the locations being used by the terrorists-affiliated armed bandits to store their sophisticated weapons and plan attacks.
“Consequently, the Air Component dispatched an appropriate force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships, which engaged the two locations in successive passes, destroying portions of the camps, including their storage facilities, which were seen engulfed in flames.
