Troops kill 4 suspected bandits, arrest 3 suspected kidnappers

Troops of 1 Division, Nigerian Army, on Wednesday killed four suspected bandits and arrested three kidnappers in Zamfara and Kaduna states, respectively.

Col. Sani Usman, the spokesman of the Army made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.

Usman said that the troops deployed on “Operation Sharandaji” killed the suspects during a raid on livestock rustlers and armed bandits’ camp at Barikin Daji forest, near Masafa village in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara.

He said that the troops also recovered a motorcycle from the bandits and destroyed all their camps in the forest.

The spokesman said that the troops of the same formation, in conjunction with local vigilante also carried out a similar operation at the notorious livestock, armed bandits and kidnappers hideout in Anchau forest, Kubau Local Government Area, Kaduna State.

He named the suspected three kidnappers in the raid as Umaru Buje, Sanusi Shuaibu and Samaila Ibrahim, adding that they were being interrogated.