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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Kaduna State government on Monday confirmed the killing of bandits during an aerial mission over Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Igabi and Chikun local government areas buy troops.<\/p>\n

Confirming the reports, on Monday, Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State said platforms conducted armed air reconnaissance over locations in Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Igabi and Chikun local government areas, where the bandits were neutralised.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to operational feedback, bandits were sighted at a location 6km west of Anaba, which was then engaged with rockets. After the strike, fleeing bandits were mopped up with cannons.<\/p>\n

\u201cOther locations were reported calm with no suspicious activity, such as Rikau, Galadimawa, Kidandan and Yadi.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolewire, Crossing Point, Gagafada, Manini, Udawa, the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road, Ungwan Yako and environs were also covered with normal activities reported.\u201d The statement said<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a follow-up mission, thorough scans were conducted over Anaba, Dogon Dawa, Dan Sadau and environs with no significant movement observed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a third mission, close air support was provided to troops of Operation Taimako Yazo around Buruku and environs. Thorough scans were conducted over Buruku and the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road with no threats observed.<\/p>\n

\u201cRahama, Albasu, Sabon Birni, Kutemeshi, Rikau, Galadimawa, Kaya, Fatika, Kidandan, Dogon Dawa, Kuduru, Damari, Takama, Maidaro and environs were similarly scanned. Three bandits were sighted at Yadi fleeing from the aircraft. They were engaged and neutralized. Other locations were calm.\u201d The statement further said<\/p>\n

\u201cReceiving the operational feedback, Governor Nasir El-Rufai thanked the crews and troops for their consistency and commended them for another round of successful missions,\u201d Aruwan said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Kaduna State government on Monday confirmed the killing of bandits during an aerial mission over Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Igabi and Chikun local government areas buy troops. Confirming the reports, on Monday, Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State said platforms conducted armed air reconnaissance over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":38583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,591,2778,96,254],"class_list":["post-38584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-bandits","tag-birnin-gwari","tag-kaduna","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nKaduna: Bandits neutralized in aerial missions over Birnin Gwari, others \u2013 State govt - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Kaduna State government on Monday confirmed the killing of bandits during an aerial mission over Birnin Gwari, Giwa, ...\" \/>\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\/policy\/kaduna-bandits-neutralized-in-aerial-missions-over-birnin-gwari-others-state-govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kaduna: Bandits neutralized in aerial missions over Birnin Gwari, others \u2013 State govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Kaduna State government on Monday confirmed the killing of bandits during an aerial mission over Birnin Gwari, Giwa, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-bandits-neutralized-in-aerial-missions-over-birnin-gwari-others-state-govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-08T18:09:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/img-604661e75eb55.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\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\/policy\/kaduna-bandits-neutralized-in-aerial-missions-over-birnin-gwari-others-state-govt#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-bandits-neutralized-in-aerial-missions-over-birnin-gwari-others-state-govt\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kaduna: Bandits neutralized in aerial missions over Birnin Gwari, others \u2013 State govt\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-08T18:09:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-bandits-neutralized-in-aerial-missions-over-birnin-gwari-others-state-govt\"},\"wordCount\":278,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-bandits-neutralized-in-aerial-missions-over-birnin-gwari-others-state-govt#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/img-604661e75eb55.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"bandits\",\"Birnin-Gwari\",\"Kaduna\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-bandits-neutralized-in-aerial-missions-over-birnin-gwari-others-state-govt#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-bandits-neutralized-in-aerial-missions-over-birnin-gwari-others-state-govt\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kaduna-bandits-neutralized-in-aerial-missions-over-birnin-gwari-others-state-govt\",\"name\":\"Kaduna: Bandits neutralized in aerial missions over Birnin Gwari, others \u2013 State govt - 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