Nigeria News
30 Terrorists Killed During A Ceremony In Zamfara
The air component of operation Hadarin Daji of the Nigerian military has killed 30 bandit terrorists in an airstrike in Zamfara State.
Naija News reports that the spokesman of the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Musa Danmadami, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
Danmadami said the operation was carried out on October 14 following an intelligence report about the terrorists’ plan to converge for a ceremony at the residence of Lawali Gudau, one of their leaders.
He said Gudau, also known as Dogo Damina, and his members were cleared off with their armoury at his residence in Koli village, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara.
He said: “On 14 October 22, following intelligence of bandits plan to converge at the residence of a notorious bandits leader Lawali Gudau AKA Dogo Damina for a ceremony at Koli village, in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, the air component of Operation HADARIN DAJI equally conducted air bombardment at the terrorists’ leader enclave and neutralised over 30 terrorists as well as destroying their armoury in the strike.”
Danmadami also revealed that the troops also killed 14 terrorists at an enclave called Maudi Maudi at Tsora hill in Safana LGA of Katsina state.
He said some terrorists escaped with injuries during the operation which was conducted on October 11.
He said: “Relatedly, the air component of Operation HADARIN DAJI sustained its onslaught against terrorists in the North West Region.
“Accordingly, an air interdiction operation was carried out on a terrorist enclave, Maudi Maudi, at Tsora hill in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State on 11 October 2022, feedback revealed that over 14 terrorists were neutralised in the air bombardment while others survived the strike with injuries.”
The DHQ spokesman also said two notorious bandits responsible for kidnaping and robbery in Zamfara and part of Katsina, Kabiru Mania and Abubakar, surrendered to the troops in Shinkafi LGA, Zamfara.
