Nigerian Army Kill Notorious Bandit Leader In Kogi

Troops of 12 Brigade Nigerian Army nether Operation ACCORD III, successful conjunction with Other Hybrid Forces (OHF), person killed a notorious bandit person identified arsenic Babangida Kachala successful Kogi State.

The Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations,12 Brigade Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Hassan Abdullahi, disclosed this successful a connection connected Saturday.

Lieutenant Abdullahi noted that connected September 11, 2025, pursuing credible quality connected the question of bandits wrong Ofere Forest and Ayetoro Gbede wide area, the combined troops laid an ambush astatine a suspected bandits’ crossing point.

Explaining further, Lieutenant Abdullahi said: “Although archetypal interaction was not made, the troops, portion withdrawing to base, ran into an ambush staged by the criminals on their route.

“In the ensuing firefight, the gallant troops engaged the bandits with superior firepower, neutralising 1 of the criminals. The troops thereafter exploited the area, during which they recovered 1 afloat loaded magazine, 31 mobile phones, a humor unit machine, packs of Tramadol tablets, fetish charms, and the sum of ₦16,000 cash.

“Bloodstains observed astatine the country further suggested that respective different bandits escaped with gunshot wounds. Subsequent quality confirmed that among those who fled with gunshot wounds was Babangida Kachala, a notorious bandit and second-in-command to Kachala Shuaibu, the person of a bandit radical operating wrong Masalaci Boka and Ofere Forest areas of Kogi State. He was aboriginal confirmed deadl”

He added that troops of 12 Brigade nether Operation ACCORD III continued to predominate the country of work with patrols and ambushes aimed astatine wholly decimating bandits and different transgression elements wrong the boundaries of Kogi State.

According to him, the morale and warring ratio of the troops remained precocious arsenic they sustained unrelenting unit connected the criminals.

The Nigerian Army reassured the bully radical of Kogi State of its determination to reconstruct lasting bid and security, portion encouraging citizens to supply timely and credible accusation to assistance ongoing operations.