LAGOS, Oct 20 (NNN-NAN) – Over 50 gunmen were killed, during a joint operation by Nigerian troops, in the country’s northwestern state of Kaduna on Monday, an official said.
Samuel Aruwan, commissioner for internal security and home affairs in Kaduna state, said in a statement, an operational feedback to the state government from the military revealed, the “inspiring success for the security forces,” who killed over 50 gunmen, commonly called bandits in Nigeria, in a combined ground and air assault, in the Birnin Gwari local government area of the state, on Monday.
Aruwan said, with close air support provided by the Nigerian air force helicopters, ground forces engaged in gun duels with several groups of bandits, and also thwarted one attempted ambush by gunmen in the area, during the joint operation.
“The assessment revealed that over 50 bandits were neutralised during the joint operation,” Aruwan said.
The commissioner said, the governor of Kaduna state expressed satisfaction over the development and urged the troops to sustain the momentum to bring “more bandits to their bitter end.”
There have been a series of attacks in Nigeria in recent months, leading to deaths and kidnappings.– NNN-NAN
