Nigerian troops nab injured bandits at Zamfara Clinic after fleeing military raids; Foil ISWAP attack on Special Forces’ School
Nigerian troops have arrested injured bandits at a health facility in Zamfara State.
In another development, the Special Forces and Air Task Force of the Nigerian Military on Sunday foiled a terrorist attack at the School of Special Forces in Yobe State.
The bandits arrested in Zamfara, PRNigeria gathered, were among those who fled air strikes by a Nigerian military jet in the State on Friday.
It was learnt that an aircraft of the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji carried out air interdiction missions at bandit camps in the North West State, on Friday.
According to a reliable security source, scores of bandits in the camps of Alhaji Zaki, Alhaji Maidaji, Kachalla Doso and Kachalla Kariga were killed in Shamushelle area of Birnin Magaji.
The source added that some bandits were injured while scampering for safety from the bombardments.
“Security operatives, however, intercepted about eight of the injured bandits at a local health facility, who had gone to seek medical treatment and arrested them,” he said.
In Yobe State, the Special Forces and Air Task Force of the Nigerian Military on Sunday foiled a terrorist attack at the School of Special Forces in the State.
PRNigeria learnt that seven ISWAP insurgents were eliminated when the troops again repelled a separate attack on the civilian population at Buni Yadi, a popular town in the North East State.
According to military intelligence sources, the attackers stormed the town at about 5pm, in two different groups.
One of the groups attacked from ‘Charly Company’, while other terrorist groups attempted to attack the School of Special Forces.
“The terrorists used cows as their shield in order to gain easy access without being notice, but their evil plan and strategy were unraveled by the troops, who quickly engaged them in a gun battle,” one of the intelligence sources told PRNigeria.
The source, while speaking further, said: “The ISWAP fighters, however, succumbed to the superior fire-power of our military troops and attempted to flee.
“But in the process, seven of them were gunned down, while two vehicles were destroyed”.
