Army flushes out criminals in Northwest
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the criminals terrorising citizens in north west have been disorganised and are on the run as operations to flush them out extends beyond zamfara1 the defence headquarters reported on tuesday that the criminals fell to the superior fire power of the joint security operation in the area1 acting director of defence information brig.-gen. john agim stated this while briefing newsmen in gasau on tuesday1 he said that several enclaves of the bandits were being destroyed by constant air strikes which had led to the death of some of the criminals and arrest of some as well as rescue of some victims1 agim said that operation sharan daji launched in zamfara had been expanded to cover the entire state and local government areas in neighbouring sokoto kebbi katsina and kaduna states1 he also stated that under the trans-border joint security patrol with the niger republic bandits were followed into the neighbouring country and either neutralized or arrested to help in investigation1 although we lost one of our soldiers during encounter with the bandits in zamfara recently where six others were wounded and receiving treatment we have neutralized over 20 of the bandits and arrested 21 others1 the defence spokesman also said that 1444 cows 473 sheep 11 camels 14 donkeys 56 rams and 293 goats were recovered from the bandits and handed to the state government to return to the rightful owners1 similarly he said that 24 ak 47 rifles two pump action guns 4798 rounds of 7.6 mm ammunition local bullet prove jackets bows and arrows and local charms were also recovered while two kidnapped persons were rescued1 agim urged members of the public to continue to give credible information to security agencies on suspected persons or movements. nan1