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Troops kill 21 suspected bandits in Zamfara
Efforts to restore peace in troubled Zamfara State appear to be gaining momentum.
This is as troops claim to have killed 21 suspected armed bandits terrorising residents of some communities in Zamfara State, North-west Nigeria.
The acting Force Information Officer of Operation Sharan Daji of the Nigerian Army, Major Clement Abiade, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday.
He said the bandits were killed during a gun battle with soldiers at their hideouts in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of the state.
Major Abiade added that 17 of the bandits were captured alive, while the troops also destroyed some of their camps and rescued 89 kidnapped victims in their custody.
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Major Abiade said the troops were conducting operations into bandits’ enclaves in Zamfara and Katsina states, in line with the mandate of Operation Sharan Daji.
According to him, the operation is being conducted simultaneously in collaboration with personnel of other security agencies and local vigilantes.
He explained that the current offensive was designed to identify and destroy bandits’ camps and enclaves in the area of operation.
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