Troops below the auspices of Operation Advise Strike on Saturday conducted a joint ground and air patrols to Chikwale village, alongside the Polewire-Mangoro-Sarkin Pawa Highway in the Chikun Local Authorities Space of Kaduna Impart as militia jets killed loads of bandits at some level of the operation.

The patrols followed credible experiences of the bandits’ circulate from a neighbouring relate, in direction of Akilbu in the Kachia LGA.

Per a declare by the relate Commissioner, Ministry of Within Security and Dwelling Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, on Sunday, the air issue conducted armed reconnaissance into forests in the space, and rankings of the bandits had been sighted on motorcycles spherical Gidan Sule. 

He stated, “The bandits scampered for duvet as they had been engaged by the fighter jet crew. The fighter jets conducted additional missions in expeditiously succession, because the bandits had been tracked accordingly.

“After they at final regrouped to continue their circulate, they had been successfully engaged and neutralised by the fighter jets spherical the inter-relate boundary. Governor Nasir El-Rufai, in step with the initiate, has expressed pride on the document, and thanked the troops for his or her relentless monitoring of the criminals at some level of the mission.

“Aggressive ground and air patrols are living to continue in the general space.”