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Officer, Two Soldiers Killed By Bandits In Katsina

Katsina usually referred to as Katsina State to distinguish it from the city of Katsina, is a state in North West zone of Nigeria.

 

 

An officer and two soldiers were on Thursday killed as troops of Operation Sahel Sanity neutralized 21 bandits and wounded several others in Doka village of Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.

Those wounded have reportedly escaped with various degrees of gunshot wounds into the forest as evident by the trails of blood along the criminals’ escape route.

In a statement released by the Acting Director of Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko noted that “regrettably, resulting from the encounter with the bandits, one gallant officer and two soldiers paid the supreme sacrifice while 2 other soldiers were wounded in action and are currently receiving medical treatment in a military medical facility and responding positively”.

“The fearless troops have continued to pursue the bandits into the forest and dominating the general areas with aggressive fighting patrols to deny them any respite”.

According to the statement, “in the aftermath of the decisive encounter, the gallant troops successfully rescued 3 kidnapped victims including an 8 months old baby who has been in the custody of the criminals for more than 23 days. During the exploitation phase of the operation, the gallant troops recovered one AK 47 rifle, one AK 47 magazine and 3 Motorcycles from the fleeing bandits”.

“Consequently, troops of Operation SAHEL SANITY are commended for their resilience and commitment to duty. They are further urged not to rest on their oars until the Northwest zone is completely rid of all criminal elements”.

“The good people of the North-West zone are once again assured of troops’ commitment to the safety of lives and properties within the zone. They are also encouraged to continue to avail troops with timely and credible information that will assist in the conduct of operations to rout the criminal elements”.

The success achieved was in the continuation of the troops’ aggressive clearance operation against criminal elements across the North West zone.

The statement further stated that “on 24 September 2020, based on credible information on bandits attack in Unguwar Doka village of Faskari LGA of Katsina State, gallant troops of Operation SAHEL SANITY responded swiftly and immediately mobilized to the general area where they successfully cleared the village of the marauders to the admiration of the locals”.

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