NAF airstrikes kill scores of bandits in Kwara communities

By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin

Scores of bandits person been killed pursuing aggregate airstrikes launched by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) successful forests astir Babasango, adjacent the Kwara–Kogi border.

The operations, which began Monday evening, targeted hideouts linked to the caller massacre of 11 wood guards and a assemblage person successful Oke-Ode, Ifelodun Local Government Area.

Residents said the aerial violative became indispensable aft the bandits, equipped with blase AK-47 rifles, overpowered wood guards and abducted an unspecified fig of radical during Sunday’s deadly attack.

Confirming the development, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Ehimen Ejodame, said successful a connection that coordinated missions were carried retired crossed Kakihun, Oke-Ode, Babanla, and adjoining areas.

“Reconnaissance and adjacent aerial enactment operations were executed to deter threats, portion hostile elements sighted eastbound of Babanla were decisively engaged,” Ejodame noted. “Concurrent surveillance flights besides covered cardinal settlements and subject positions, gathering captious quality to enactment crushed forces.”

He added that the operations reaffirm NAF’s committedness to safeguarding communities, protecting troops, and sustaining unit connected transgression groups.

In a related statement, Rafiu Ajakaiye, Chief Press Secretary to the Kwara State Governor, confirmed that combined information forces besides engaged the criminals astir Babasango. “The multi-agency cognition comes a time aft the unfortunate incidental astatine Oke-Ode connected Sunday. The Nigerian Air Force introduced aerial strikes to rout the criminals, resulting successful aggregate casualties connected their side,” helium stated.

Details of casualties connected the broadside of information forces were not disclosed astatine the clip of filing this report.

The station NAF airstrikes termination scores of bandits successful Kwara communities appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.