Troops of Operation Forest Sanity on Friday killed six suspected bandits in a clearance operation in the Giwa local government area of Kaduna State.
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major-Gen. Musa Danmadami, who confirmed this in a statement on Saturday, said the bandits were killed in a gun battle following a raid on their hideout at Maidaro village in Giwa LGA.
He added that the troops recovered several arms and ammunition while the bandits’ camps were destroyed during the operation carried out in conjunction with the Defence Headquarters Special Forces.
