{"id":30012,"date":"2020-09-16T16:49:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T16:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=30012"},"modified":"2020-09-16T16:49:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T16:49:27","slug":"military-airstrikes-kill-bandits-in-zamfara-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/military-airstrikes-kill-bandits-in-zamfara-forest","title":{"rendered":"Military airstrikes kill bandits in Zamfara forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Several armed bandits have been killed at their hideout at the Kwiambana forest area of Zamfara State in massive airstrikes conducted by the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji.<\/p>\n<p>Also destroyed were the bandits\u2019 logistics facilities.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement by the Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, following credible intelligence which established that there is a cluster of huts and other structures at the edge of the forest which served as a hideout for notorious bandit leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read in part, \u201cthe Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI has eliminated several armed bandits and destroyed their logistics facilities in massive airstrikes conducted in the Kwiambana Forest area of Zamfara State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was achieved yesterday, 15 September 2020, as part of air interdiction missions being executed under subsidiary Operation WUTAN DAJI 2 to rid the North West of the Country of armed bandits and other criminal elements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_2_ads  \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \">\n<div class=\"ads_code\">\n<p>\u201cThe location was designated for attack after Human Intelligence (HUMINT) reports and confirmatory Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, established that the cluster of huts and other structures at the edge of the Forest served as a hideout for notorious bandits\u2019 leaders \u2018Sani Mochoko\u2019 and \u2018Damina\u2019 and some of their fighters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccordingly, the Air Component scrambled Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jets and helicopter gunships to attack the location. The attack aircraft took turns in engaging the target area resulting in significant damage to the bandits\u2019 structures as well as the killing of several of their fighters.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom\">\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/thenationonlineng.net\/military-airstrikes-kill-bandits-in-zamfara-forest\/\" data-a2a-title=\"Military airstrikes kill bandits in Zamfara forest\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Several armed bandits have been killed at their hideout at the Kwiambana forest area of Zamfara State in massive airstrikes conducted by the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji. Also destroyed were the bandits\u2019 logistics facilities. According to a statement by the Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, following credible intelligence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":30015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[1459,959],"class_list":["post-30012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-military-defence","tag-zamfara-state"],"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>Military airstrikes kill bandits in Zamfara forest - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Several armed bandits have been killed at their hideout at the Kwiambana forest area of Zamfara State in massive\" \/>\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\/all-news\/military-airstrikes-kill-bandits-in-zamfara-forest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Military airstrikes kill bandits in Zamfara forest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Several armed bandits have been killed at their hideout at the Kwiambana forest area of Zamfara State in massive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/military-airstrikes-kill-bandits-in-zamfara-forest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-16T16:49:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Zamfara-1-750x375-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/military-airstrikes-kill-bandits-in-zamfara-forest#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/military-airstrikes-kill-bandits-in-zamfara-forest\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Military airstrikes kill bandits in Zamfara forest\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-16T16:49:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/military-airstrikes-kill-bandits-in-zamfara-forest\"},\"wordCount\":252,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/military-airstrikes-kill-bandits-in-zamfara-forest#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Zamfara-1-750x375-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"military Defence\",\"Zamfara State\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/military-airstrikes-kill-bandits-in-zamfara-forest#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/military-airstrikes-kill-bandits-in-zamfara-forest\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/military-airstrikes-kill-bandits-in-zamfara-forest\",\"name\":\"Military airstrikes kill bandits in Zamfara forest - 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