Following a tip from human intelligence sources, troops from 1 Division Nigerian Army’s operation Forest Sanity ambushed and neutralized a notorious bandit leader, Isiya Danwasa, and his cohort.
According to information gathered, the bandit leader planned to send one of his errand boys, Yunusa, to Kaduna town to purchase some arms and ammunition.
Lieutenant Colonel Musa Yahaya, the Army Spokesman, revealed in a statement on Tuesday that the errand boy was later trailed and picked up by plain cloth soldiers and later used to lure two of the bandits leaders to a specific ammunition collection point.
Upon their arrival, troops who had laid an ambush engaged the criminals with superior firepower and neutralised the two bandit leaders.
Items recovered from the criminal elements include one motorcycle(destroyed institu), two AK 47 rifles, six AK 47 magazines, quantity two hundred and fifty rounds of 7.62 mm special, one power bank, two charm vest and the sum of two hundred thousand naira.
The General Officer Commanding 1 Division Nigerian Army and Force Commander Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Punch, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, has commended the troops for their professional conduct and perfect execution of task.
He further charged the troops to go after all bandits and show them no mercy. Again, the GOC appealed to the general public to continue to avail the troops and other security agencies with credible and actionable information so as to bring banditry, kidnapping and other crimes to a lasting end.