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Army arrests 25 bandits in Sokoto, Katsina

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Army arrests 25 bandits in Sokoto, Katsina

Troops of the Nigerian Army attached to Operation Harbin Kunama 3 have arrested about 25 bandits while others were killed in gun battles in Sokoto and Katsina states communities.

According to the General Officer Commanding, GOC, 8 Division, Maj. Gen Hakeem Otiki, eight AK-47 rifles and 48 rounds of special ammunition were recovered from the bandits.

Otiki also added that the Bandits were apprehended by troops in Isa, Rabbah and Burkusuma communities in Sokoto and Batsari, Safana and Kankara in Dumburum Forest of Katsina State.

He further revealed that the army on Saturday also uncovered and destroyed five camps used by the bandits in Gando Forest of Kebbi State.

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25 motorcycles were seized from the bandits’ camps and destroyed during the operation.

Operation Harbin Kunama 3, which covered Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara states, according to the GOC, involved raids, ambushes, cordon and search with the support of the Air Task Force component.

He said: “The operation is to facilitate the return of refugees and internally displaced persons back to their homes, creating enabling environment for economic activities to strive and instill confidence in the locals to remain in their villages and continue their normal lives unmolested.”

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