Troops recover weapons, kill four bandits in Zamfara

Operation Hadarin Daji in Zamfara State's Maradun Local Government Area on Friday night neutralised four bandits.

Under the condition of anonymity, a dependable source within the military confirmed this to The PUNCH and said that the soldiers engaged the robbers in a gunfight as they prepared to attack a local government village.

He said, “On receiving the information, the gallant troops swiftly mobilised to the area and engaged the armed bandits in a gun duel and denied them assess to the villages.”

“After the encounter, four bandits were neutralised while others escaped with gun wounds. While repelling the attack, the troops recovered one General Purpose Machine Gun, one FN Rifle and 123 rounds of special ammunition.”

He said that in a recent coordinated operation, the military had destroyed bandit camps in the Zamfara and Sokoto states' Mutuwa, Guda Tudu, Kawar, Dantayawa, Gidan Kare, Mahuta, and Gyado villages.

Major General Godwin Mutkut, the General Officer of 8 Division Sokoto and Commander of the Joint Taskforce of the Operation Hadarin Daji North-West zone, praised the soldiers for their efforts in driving out the bandits in the area.

However, he made an appeal to the populace to always support the army and keep sharing helpful information about the locations of the bandits' hideouts.

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