NAF
NAF Operatives Eliminate
NAF
NAF Operatives Eliminate Kaduna Bandits
The Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI (OPHD) from the
Nigerian Airforce (NAF) has neutralized no fewer than 10 armed
bandits at forests near Birnin Gwari and Janko Hill in Kaduna
State.
The operation was conducted yesterday, 5 October 2019, following
the directives by the OPHD Headquarters to resume kinetic
operations against camps identified as harboring unrepentant armed
bandits.
The decision was taken in the wake of the attack on troops’
location at Sunke in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State as
well as the increased migration of bandits towards the Birnin Gwari
area of Kaduna State.
The attack on the armed bandits was undertaken when a Nigerian
Air Force (NAF) helicopter on armed reconnaissance mission over the
Birnin Gwari general area spotted several bandits at the location
and engaged them with its guns killing some of them.
Some bandits were similarly tracked to Janko Hill and equally
neutralized.
The objective of the renewed kinetic operations is to ramp up
the pressure on the bandits with a view to ensuring the ongoing
peace process is not scuttled.
Accordingly, the Air Component OPHD will continue to dominate
the general area through armed reconnaissance missions to
facilitate a return to normalcy in the Northwest of the
Country.
All persons involved in armed banditry in the area are therefore
strongly advised to renounce violence, surrender to security
agencies and hand over their weapons.
IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force