NAF kills bandits in Kaduna air raids

The air component of Operation Whirl Punch on Thursday killed several suspected bandits at Tsauni Doka in Igabi local government Area of Kaduna State.

The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore, Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

He said the operations were conducted after credible intelligence revealed the presence of a terrorist kingpin known as Boderi and his foot soldiers at Tsauni Doka.

Gabkwet said: “The air strikes were carried out on the location in the early hours of November 16, with devastating consequences for the terrorists.

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“Similar strikes with positive outcomes were also carried out at a location about 500 metres east of Boderi’s hideout, believed to be the hiding place of Boderi’s brother, Nasiru.

“Both strikes were termed very successful as several terrorists were neutralised and their motorcycles destroyed.

“Boderi and his brother Nasiru, alongside their cohorts, have been blamed for several attacks and abductions along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway, Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road as well as in several communities in Niger and Kaduna States.”

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