The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Special Forces have killed two armed bandits and secured Rafi and Dola villages of Mada District in Gusau local government area of Zamfara state.
A statement on Wednesday from Air Force spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said the troops encountered the bandits in response to reports that high profile armed bandits were gathering around Rafi and Doka villages, which is under the Area of Responsibility (AOR) of the 207 Quick Response Group (207 QRG).
Daramola explained that a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Special Forces (SF) Team was dispatched to the area on Tuesday (April 16) to secure the two settlements and thwart the bandits’ plans.
He said upon arrival at the location, the NAF SF Team encountered resistance in the form of heavy gunfire from the bandits.
He noted that the brave SF personnel employed superior tactics to outlast the armed bandits, who were soon low on ammunition, before engaging and overpowering them.
He said, “Two bandits were neutralized in the process while others fled with gunshot wounds. Since then, the SF Team has been conducting aggressive patrols in the area, especially the fringes of the forest, to forestall any reprisal attack.”
He said the NAF, along with sister Services and other security agencies, will sustain the operations to flush the bandits out of the Northwest region of the country.
