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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Sunday said that the air component of Operation Thunder Strike has neutralised several armed bandits at Chikwale Forest in the Mangoro area of Chikun Local Government Area in Kaduna State.
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the coordinator, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major General John Enenche.
Gen Enenche stated the operation was executed on Saturday by the gallant troops following credible intelligence reports indicating the significant presence of armed bandits in the area, which was about 20km west of the Kaduna-Abuja highway.
He stated that after a series of confirmatory aerial surveillance missions, the air component dispatched an appropriate force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets and helicopter gunships to attack the location.