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Troops of Operation FASAN YANMA on Tuesday repelled bandits’ attack on the Gatawa community in the Sabon Birmi Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
Confirming the development, a member of the state House of Assembly representing Sabon Birmi 1, Aminu Boza, said the incident happened early on Tuesday morning.
Boza, a critic of insecurity in the state, said from preliminary information made available to him, the bandits suspected to be of wanted Bello Turji camp suffered heavy casualties.
He, however, promised to get back to our correspondent for details.
“Yes, the troops repelled their attack on Gatawa, but the network was not okay for me to get the details.
“I will get back to you once I get the details of the attack but from the initial information, our troops dealt with them very massively today,” he added.
A top official of the 8 Div, Army headquarters in Sokoto, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said such exercise was not new to the troops in the Division.
He said such operations were more or less a daily activity by the troops, and therefore could not be overruled.
The PUNCH reports that bandits, about three months ago, abducted and later killed the district head of Gatawa, Isa Muhammad Bawa, after about two weeks in captivity
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