A joint operation by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the military in Niger State has resulted in the dislodging of scores of heavily armed bandits believed to be loyal to terrorist kingpins Dogo Gide and Leyi.
A security source disclosed that the operation began on Tuesday when the terrorists stormed Chibani village in Munya Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, where they reportedly killed one Ayuba Isah and left two other persons, one policeman and one Alhaji Shuaibu, with gunshot wounds.
The source disclosed that on Wednesday, May 28, the bandits said to be numbering over 200, brandishing sophisticated weapons, stormed a security base in Kuchi, a town in Munya LGA which led to a fierce gun battle that resulted in the neutralizing of scores of the bandits, with many others fleeing with various degree of injuries.
Another security source claimed seeing large herds of cattle, believed to have been rustled, crossing the Kusasu river in Galadima Kogo District, Shiroro LGA, advancing towards a place believed to be their hideout in Borisudna/Kwaki axis in the same Shiroro.
The source said DSS operatives and soldiers of the Nigerian Army in the area had contacted the Nigeria Air Force for aerial support, and expressed optimism that the Air Force would be able to smoke out the remainder of the fleeing bandits.
