According to a Press Release by the Nigerian Airforce, Operation Hadarin Daji has reportedly neutralized an estimated 20 armed bandits in Zamfara State around the Munhaye axis in air strikes conducted on the 2nd of July.
The operation was executed sequel to credible intelligence reports indicating that scores of armed bandits had assembled at the location for a meeting, supposedly with the intention of attacking innocent civilians in the surrounding communities.
The Air Component, therefore, scrambled a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet to attack the location, which is about 15 kilometres from the border with Katsina State. Upon arrival overhead the area, the Alpha Jet observed over 30 armed bandits attempting to flee the location whilst firing at the approaching attack aircraft. The Alpha Jet engaged the bandits with effective fire, neutralizing 20 of them.
The NAF, working in consonance with other security agencies as duly reported, is committed to sustaining its operations to flush the bandits out of the Northwest of the Country.
