Two soldiers, one NSCDC operative die as troops engage bandits in Benue

Troops of Sector 6, Operation Whirl Stroke, on Thursday, engaged bandits in the Okokolo community of Agatu local government area of Benue State.

The OPWS Force Commander, Maj.-Gen. Sunday Igbinomwanhia, told journalists on Saturday in Makurdi that the troops forced the bandits to run in disarray after a three-hour gun duel.

He, however, said two soldiers and one personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) died in the encounter.

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