Military Fighter Jets Bomb Bandits Camp at Kusasu
By Lazarus Zakaa, Abuja.
The Air Component of Operation THUNDER STRIKE has obliterated another camp and neutralized several bandits at the Kusasu Area of Kaduna State.
In a statement issued by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John Enenche says the operation was achieved through air strikes executed yesterday, on 6 December 2020, after Human Intelligence reports, corroborated by series of aerial surveillance missions, led to the identification of the camp of a bandits’ leader known as Alhaji Labi, an associate of Dogon Gede, a notorious bandits’ leader in Katsina State.
The statement also said, the Air Component dispatched an appropriate force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships to attack the location.
According to Enenche, overhead the target area, significant presence of the bandits, along with a large number of rustled cattle, was observed.
He said, the attack aircraft took turns in engaging the location, delivering devastating hits which destroyed the bandits’ structures, including their logistics storage facilities, which were seen engulfed in flames. Several armed bandits were also killed in the attack.
He said the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies will remain resolute in the fight against banditry and other sundry crimes and will not relent until normalcy is restored to all troubled zones of the country.
