Acting on a tip-off from a human intelligence source, troops from Operation Forest Sanity, under the 1 Division Nigerian Army, successfully ambushed and neutralized two leaders of a bandit group, capturing their arms, ammunition, and equipment.
In a statement by Lieutenant Colonel Musa Yahaya, the Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations for the 1 Division Nigerian Army, the intelligence source had uncovered a plan by a bandit leader named Isiya Danwasa to send his errand boy Yunusa to purchase arms and ammunition in Kaduna town.
Plain clothes soldiers trailed and picked up Yunusa, who was then used to lure two of the bandit leaders to an ammunition collection point.
Upon arrival, troops who had laid an ambush engaged the criminals with superior firepower and neutralized them.
The items recovered from the bandits included two AK 47 rifles, six AK 47 magazines, 250 rounds of 7.62 mm special ammunition, a power bank, two charm vests, and the sum of 200,000 naira.
Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, the General Officer Commanding 1 Division Nigerian Army and Force Commander Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Punch, commended the troops for their professional conduct and successful execution of the task.
He also urged the troops to pursue all bandits and show them no mercy.
The General Officer Commanding 1 Division Nigerian Army also appealed to the general public to continue providing credible and actionable information to the troops and other security agencies to help bring an end to banditry, kidnapping, and other crimes.
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