{"id":100677,"date":"2023-11-13T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/troops-neutralise-3-bandits-in-kaduna"},"modified":"2023-11-13T13:40:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T12:40:35","slug":"troops-neutralise-3-bandits-in-kaduna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-neutralise-3-bandits-in-kaduna","title":{"rendered":"Troops neutralise 3 bandits in Kaduna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian Army has said troops of 1 Division neutralized three bandits and recovered weapons in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>Lt-Col Musa Yahaya, the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division, confirmed the incident in a statement in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dActing on credible intelligence, troops of the I Division Nigerian Army and Operation Whirl Punch carried out a clearance operation around the general area of Maro \u2013 Chibiya forest in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State on November 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dDuring the operation, troops engaged the armed bandits with superior fire power, neutralising one of the bandits and forcing others to flee with gunshot wounds into the surrounding forest,\u201d the army said.<\/p>\n<p>The army also said troops captured one AK-47 rifle, one locally fabricated AK-47 rifle, four 7.62mm (Special) ammunition and one mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p>Yahaya also said that on November 10, troops of the division and Operation Whirl Punch, while on clearance operation at Kawara and Filin Jalo villages in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, made contact with bandits at Kawara forest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the fire fight that ensued, troops neutralised one bandit and recovered one AK-47 rifle loaded with quantity 30 of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition, one motorcycle and one techno phone while others escaped with gunshot wounds,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigerian Army has said troops of 1 Division neutralized three bandits and recovered weapons in Kaduna. Lt-Col Musa Yahaya, the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division, confirmed the incident in a statement in Kaduna. \u201dActing on credible intelligence, troops of the I Division Nigerian Army and Operation Whirl Punch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":100676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,96,254,1665],"class_list":["post-100677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-kaduna","tag-nigeria","tag-troops"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Troops neutralise 3 bandits in Kaduna - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigerian Army has said troops of 1 Division neutralized three bandits and recovered weapons in Kaduna. 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