Bandits in Nigeria have killed 37 people in fresh attacks on communities in North West Kaduna state on Sunday December 18.
The fresh attack comes less than 48 hours after Special Troops of the Nigerian Air Force stormed the den of bandits in the area in a special military operation, killing many of them and rescuing 6 abducted Chinese nationals.
The Speaker of the Kaura Local Government Legislative Council-Ahmed Abutu confirmed the incident on Monday, December 19 that the bandits carried out a coordinated attack at around 11 pm on Sunday.
Apart from burning houses, they also destroyed many vehicles and motorcycles. According to Ahmed Abutu, all houses in the Sokwong Community were completely razed by the bandits while the entire area has been deserted.
The Nigerian Air Special Forces under the 271 NAF detachment conducted the operation in some of the strategic points of the bandits in Kaduna State and successfully rescued the expatriates who were working at a Mining site.
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Further, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State expressed satisfaction with the report and commended the Chief of Air Staff, as well as the Commander and men of the 271 NAF detachment for the daring operation by the Special Forces.
Tight operation against Terrorists in Northeast Nigeria, 4 top Commanders of the Boko Haram Terrorist Group has surrendered to the Nigerian troops in Borno State.
The Commanders, Mala’ana (Khaid), referred to as ‘governor’, Abu Dauda (Munzir), Modu Yalee, and Bin Diska, (Nakif) laid down their arms. The insurgents came out of Sambisa forest where they had been hiding and waging campaigns of Terror against Nigeria.
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The sources said that they were former Commanders of the late Abubakar Shekau at Njimiya camp in the Lake Chad region of Borno state. They surrendered for fear of battlefield elimination due to the sustained onslaught on the terrorists’ hideouts as well as rivalry attacks.
Maj-Gen Christopher Musa, the theatre commander of “Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), has said about 83,000 Boko Haram members have so far surrendered and are currently undergoing rehabilitation at various facilities. Musa said the kinetic and non-kinetic approaches led the terrorists to massively surrender.
The theatre commander who described the operations of the command as a success said that over half of the 83, 000 were children who if they had not surrendered could be fighters in the jungle.
