The strikes, conducted on Sunday and Monday, targeted multiple locations in Zurmi, Tsafe, Faskari, and Jibia Local Government Areas (LGA) in both states, resulting in the elimination of the criminals and the destruction of their hidden camps.
According to military sources, the coordinated air strikes have dealt a significant blow to the activities of the bandits, providing a much-needed respite to the affected communities.
“Specifically, in Zurmi LGA of Zamfara State, the air component obliterated at least 16 terrorists in enclaves believed to belong to terrorist Kingpin Dankarami”.
According to a source privy with the operations, the strikes were conducted following credible intelligence of the whereabout of terrorist kingpin Dankarami, known for collaborating with other kingpins in the area to carry out violent attacks on some communities in Zurmi LGA.
The source further revealed that footages of the air strikes revealed several terrorists on 8 motorcycles as well as herds of cattle heading towards a hidden camp in the bushes which was subsequently acquired and attacked.
The aftermath of the strikes later revealed the obliteration of all the motorcycles and the decimation of at least 16 terrorists.
Similar air strikes were carried out at terrorist kingpin Ado Aliero’s enclave near Asola Mountains in Tsafe LGA of Zamfara State following information that the kingpin and his foot soldiers have been responsible for recent abductions and cattle rustlings in communities within Tsafe and Faskari LGAs of Katsina State.
Mallam Kabiru Umaru, a local farmer near Tsafe who witnessed the strikes revealed that structures within the location were destroyed but few surviving terrorists were observed fleeing the location after the strike.
Kabiru added, “About an hour later, some terrorists who returned to the location to evacuate casualties and salvage some of their belongings from the rubbles of the strikes were attacked again by aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force.”
