Troops of the Twelve Brigade Nigerian Army, Lokoja, on Saturday recorded significant operational successes following coordinated fighting patrols and ambush operations conducted across parts of Kabba Bunu and Yagba West Local Government Areas of Kogi State.
The Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Twelve Brigade Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Hassan Abdullahi, in a press statement issued on Sunday, stated that acting on credible intelligence on the movement of bandits from Adankolo general area towards Agbadu Bunu in Kabba Bunu LGA, troops swiftly deployed and laid a deliberate ambush at a bandit-identified crossing point.
He said the bandits subsequently ran into the troops’ ambush position and were engaged, forcing them to withdraw with indications of casualties as blood stains were observed during exploitation of the area.
According to Abdullahi, in the course of the encounter, troops neutralised two bandits and recovered one AK 47 rifle, one magazine, ninety-nine rounds of 7.62millimetre special ammunition, one locally fabricated gun and eleven cartridges.
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