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Army kills 17 bandits, arrests 67 in Nasarawa, Benue, Taraba


Operation Wild Stroke of the Nigerian Army operating in Nasarawa, Benue and Taraba states said it had killed 17 bandits and arrested 67 others in the last eight months of its operation. The Commander of the operation, Maj. Gen. Adeyemi Yekini, made the disclosure while addressing journalists in Lafia yesterday.

The commander also presented 45 assorted weapons and 701 assorted ammunition recovered from Bassa militia camp at Zwere in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Yekini, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said in the interest of peace and national development, the operation would give itself no rest until criminals were flushed out of the three states.

According to him, the troops killed 16 bandits, arrested 53 people and recovered 11 weapons and 50 rounds of ammunition in Benue State. He said: “In Nasarawa State, 48 weapons and 801 ammunition were recovered, in addition to arresting nine people and killing one bandit.

“In Taraba State, we recovered seven weapons, 35 ammunition and arrested five people with no bandit killed. “Statistics put the total number of weapons recovered as 66, ammunition recovered as 886; the total number of people arrested is 67 and the total number of bandits killed is 17.”

According to him, Operation Wild Stroke is an intervention force established about eight months ago with the mandate to put an end to the incessant killings by armed herdsmen, militia groups and other criminal elements operating in the three states. Yekini promised the operation’s commitment to end kidnapping, killing, communal clashes and other form of criminal activities in the affected states.

The commander urged the people of the states and others to feed them with relevant information that would help in curtailing criminal activities in the country. There were clashes between Bassa and Egbura communities in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in 2018 which resulted to loss of lives and property.

- New Telegraph 

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