Armed Bandits Kill 1 Soldier, Injure 2 Others In Zamfara

Army Fights Back To Kill Five Bandits

A soldier has been killed and two others injured by armed bandits after troops of 1 Division under Operation Whirl Punch responded to a distress call about an armed robbery along the Birnin Gwari – Funtua road.

The armed-men ambushed the soldiers in Kwuyambana forest in Zamfara State, when they chased the bandits to the area.

The troops on the other hand, according to sources, killed five of the bandits in the forest inhabited by armed robbers and kidnappers.

One of the eliminated bandits was identified as a notorious bandit from Zamfara named as Sani Danbuzuwa.

The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Muhammad Dole, in a statement obtained by newsmen in Abuja, said the troops fought their way and overpowered the bandits, who hastily withdrew into the Kwuyambana forest.

“While on pursuit of the armed robbers, they were ambushed by suspected bandits.

” During the pursuit of the bandits in the forest, 5 bandits’ dead bodies were found.
Regrettably, we lost one soldier and two were injured. The wounded soldiers were evacuated and they are responding to treatment in military hospital in Kaduna, “the statement said.

The statement said after a thorough search of the ambush area, one AK47 rifle, 3 magazines, 87 rounds of 7.62mm (special), one G3 rifle, four magazines and 61 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO), were recovered.

” Likewise, a wanted vicious kidnapper and expert in negotiations for ransom, called Yinusa Suleiman from Sambuwa village was apprehended by troops on 14 August 2018. He is currently assisting the security operatives in further investigations, “it added.

It said in spite of the development,” the troops remain committed and determined to ensure security and safe passage to all commuters along highways of Kaduna – Abuja and Kaduna – Birnin Gwari roads as well as adjoining towns and villages.”