{"id":171898,"date":"2025-07-31T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T09:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerian-troops-neutralise-bandits-confiscate-arms-cache"},"modified":"2025-07-31T10:18:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T09:18:00","slug":"nigerian-troops-neutralise-bandits-confiscate-arms-cache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-troops-neutralise-bandits-confiscate-arms-cache","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian troops neutralise bandits, confiscate arms cache"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian Army said its troops of Joint Task Force Operation WHIRL STROKE (OPWS) have neutralized scores of bandits and confiscated arms in a Benue community.<\/p>\n<p>Lieutenant Ahmad Zubairu Zubairu, Acting Media Information Officer, HQ JTF Operation Whirl Stroke, in a statement said the successful operation at Mararaba Gbagir was sequel to intelligence information on the presence of armed bandits in the community, leading to the killing of one bandit, with others sustaining gunshot injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The troops recovered six AK47 magazines, three 9MM rounds, two 7.62MM special rounds, one locally fabricated gun and one locally fabricated pistol, while charms and shrines were also destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>The Force Commander Operation Whirl Stroke, Major General Moses Gara, commended the troops for their professionalism, precision, and bravery in executing the operation, even as he encouraged them to maintain the momentum in the ongoing efforts to restore peace and security to Benue State and other parts of the Joint Operations Area.<\/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 said its troops of Joint Task Force Operation WHIRL STROKE (OPWS) have neutralized scores of bandits and confiscated arms in a Benue community. Lieutenant Ahmad Zubairu Zubairu, Acting Media Information Officer, HQ JTF Operation Whirl Stroke, in a statement said the successful operation at Mararaba Gbagir was sequel to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[1570,2140,254],"class_list":["post-171898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria"],"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>Nigerian troops neutralise bandits, confiscate arms cache - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerian-troops-neutralise-bandits-confiscate-arms-cache\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigerian troops neutralise bandits, confiscate arms cache\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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