Army kills 10 armed bandits, capture one in Adamawa

The Nigerian Army troops yesterday killed 10 armed bandits while conducting a clearance operation in Numan general area of Adamawa State.

In a statement signed by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, the bandits were killed during an operation which lasted for one hour.

He revealed that one of the bandits, Adamu Umar was captured during the operation and handed over to the Police for further investigation.

Brigadier General Chukwu added that the troops recovered18 motorcycles, two Dane guns, one sub machine gun, one double barrel, four cartridges, Thirteen rounds of 7.62mm ammunition NATO special and one cutlass.