By Joy Odor
The Air Component of Operation THUNDER STRIKE has neutralized several armed bandits at their camp in Kuduru Forest area of Kaduna State.
This was contained in a press statement signed by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Major General JOHN ENENCHE and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Saturday.
He said The achievement was through air strikes carried out on 13 August 2020 on the heels of intelligence reports indicating the convergence of members of an Ansaru Terrorist Sect-linked bandits group, led by one Mallam Abba, at the location.
According to him, aerial surveillance missions conducted over the area also observed several bandits, some wielding weapons, in the forest.
Maj. Gen. Enenche explained that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jets and helicopter gunships were therefore tasked to attack the location that resulting to several of the bandits killed as the attack aircraft strafed the area, while others attempting to escape were mopped-up in follow-on attacks.
