As the federal government intensify efforts to flush out bandits in northern Nigeria, troops of Operation Forest Sanity, under 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, on Tuesday, successfully Neutralised a notorious bandit leader, Isiya Danwasa and his gang in Kaduna.
The Acting Deputy Director on Public Relations, 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Colonel, Musa Yahaya, said that the troops swung into action following an intelligence tip off from a source.
According to Yahaya, the bandit leader sent his errand boy, Yunusa to purchase some arms and ammunition in the city centre in Kaduna.
Armed with this informatiom, the errand boy was trailed and picked up by plain cloth soldiers and later used to lure two of the bandits leaders to a selected 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.
