Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised an armed bandit in a raid staged against the group on Friday at an identified crossing point in Bura, Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
This was revealed in a statement signed by the Director of Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, and posted on the Nigerian Army’s official X handle on Saturday.
The statement read, “Acting on actionable intelligence, the troops laid in wait for the bandits and unleashed fire on them, killing one, while others fled with gunshot wounds, leaving traces of blood.
“Troops recovered one AK-47 rifle, 14 live rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, a mobile phone, and a fetish amulet from the bandit. Troops are still exploiting the general area, on the trail of the fleeing bandits.”
The statement further read, in another operation on the same day, the army operatives “responding to a report by a motorist of a stolen Toyota Corolla car with registration number ABJ 343 KL, have nabbed a gang of three carjackers along the Bauchi-Jos Highway.”
According to the army, on receipt of the report, the army operatives quickly “mounted a snap checkpoint on the highway and successfully intercepted the criminals,” the statement added.
Furthermore, it disclosed that while attempting to escape upon sighting the tmoperatives, the criminals crashed the stolen vehicle.
The army officers “swiftly apprehended the criminals and have since handed the suspects and the stolen vehicle over to the Nigerian Police Force for further action” the stated added.
