At least 30 terrorists have been killed in an airstrike in Zamfara state by the air component of operation Hadarin Daji, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said<\/p>\n
Musa Danmadami, DHQ\u2019s director of media operations, said the operation was carried out on October 14 following an intelligence report about the terrorists\u2019 plan to converge for a ceremony at the resident of Lawali Gudau, one of their leaders.<\/p>\n
Gudau, also known as Dogo Damina, and his members were said to have been cleared off with their armoury at his residence in Koli village, Maru LGA of the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn 14 October 22, following intelligence of bandits plan to converge at the residence of a notorious bandits leader Lawali Gudau AKA Dogo Damina for a ceremony at Koli village, in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, the air component of Operation HADARIN DAJI equally conducted air bombardment at the terrorists\u2019 leader enclave and neutralised over 30 terrorists as well as destroying their armoury in the strike,\u201d Danmadami said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n
According to him, the troops also killed 14 terrorists at an enclave called Maudi Maudi at Tsora hill in Safana LGA of Katsina state. <\/p>\n
He said some terrorists escaped with injuries during the operation which was conducted on October 11.<\/p>\n
\u201cRelatedly, the air component of Operation HADARIN DAJI sustained its onslaught against terrorists in the North West Region. Accordingly, an air interdiction operation was carried out on a terrorist enclave, Maudi Maudi, at Tsora hill in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State on 11 October 2022, feedback revealed that over 14 terrorists were neutralised in the air bombardment while others survived the strike with injuries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He also said Kabiru Mania and Abubakar, two \u201cnotorious bandits\u201d responsible for kidnaping and robbery in Zamfara and part of Katsina, surrendered to the troops in Shinkafi LGA, Zamfara.<\/p>\n
The military, in recent months, has continued to launch offensives against the terrorists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At least 30 terrorists have been killed in an airstrike in Zamfara state by the air component of operation Hadarin Daji, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said Musa Danmadami, DHQ\u2019s director of media operations, said the operation was carried out on October 14 following an intelligence report about the terrorists\u2019 plan to converge for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":16042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"custom","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"single-left","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"floatbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[30620,540,685,933],"class_list":["post-223302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-airstrikes","tag-terrorists","tag-troops","tag-zamfara"],"yoast_head":"\n