Scores of terrorists have been reportedly killed in airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force in no fewer than 10 communities along the Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna State. This was confirmed by Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Homeland Affairs of the state on Thursday. In a statement, Aruwan said the operational feedback received from security agencies revealed that a terrorists’ camp in Riyawa, in the Igabi Local Government Area, was also targeted and destroyed by the airstrikes.
Troops of the Nigerian Air Force have rescued scores of kidnap victims in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Confirming this in a statement, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the bandits invaded Najaja and Kerawa villages in Igabi Local Government and abducted several people mostly women.
He said while they were trying to escape with their victims, a Nigerian Airforce fighter jet on aerial patrol quickly spotted their location and were able to rescue the kidnap victims.
The armed bandits according to the Commissioner were moving with the large number of women kidnapped from Ungwan Najaja when the air platforms traced them to the outskirts of the village.
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