The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Whirl Stroke stormed some recognized bandits’ camps in parts of Benue and Nasarawa states killing one and arresting four on Sunday.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, revealed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
Enenche said the operations led by troops positioned at Guma in Benue and Keana in Nasarawa State.
He said that a dawn raid on bandits’ camp at Guma forest along the Benue-Nasarawa border led to the killing of one bandit, adding that others fled the area with gunshot wounds.
According to him, troops also retrieved one AK-47 rifle, one AK-47 magazine, one locally made pistol and three mobile phones from the scene while the camp successively destroyed.
