Four AK 47 riffles, ten locally made guns and Forty motorcycles among other items belonging to the bandits were also recovered by the troops
Seventy five kidnap victims abducted at different locations were rescued by the and reunited by their families
The troops engaged the bandits in gun duel for several hours at the Duburun and Gandun forest in Zamfara state
The intense ground and air strike forced the bandits to flee their hideouts and relocate to other places
Sadly, two soldiers and two local vigilante paid the Supreme price during the battle while eight soldiers and six local vigilante members sustained gunshot wounds
The troops of the Nigerian armed forces are not relenting in their quest to crush bandits, other criminals and their collaborators out of Zamfara state
Zamfara state is the epic center of banditry and kidnapping in the northwest zone
Recalled that telecommunication services in the state were suspended for two weeks between 3rd to 17th September to enable security operatives eliminate bandits in the state
