Nine bandits neutralized on Kaduna-Abuja road
By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna
Not less than nine armed bandits were on Monday killed by security operatives along the Kaduna-Abuja highway on Monday night.
Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal security, Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday, said the incident was made possible as troops acted on intelligence that the bandits were attempting to cross over from the eastern part of the Kaduna-Abuja road to the western part, with a large herd of rustled cattle.
According to the Commissioner, “the Kaduna State Government has been informed by the military securing the Kaduna-Abuja Road general area that troops neutralized nine armed bandits following a firefight late on Monday night into the early hours of Tuesday.
Notorious bandit Kachalla, others killed in Kaduna“At first light this morning, a further search revealed the corpse of one bandit, 16 dead cows and three wounded cows.
“Furthermore, seven more bandits died from ferocious gunshot wounds sustained in the ambush, as their bodies were mutilated.
