The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said the Air Task Force (ATF) for Operation Diran Mikiya destroyed an armed bandits’ logistics base at Ajia and kills dozens of armed bandits at Ajia and Wonaka in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State.

A statement Sunday night by the spokesman of the Air Force, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said the operation was executed on April 4sequel to Human Intelligence (HUMINT) reports indicating that the armed bandits were using a compound within Ajia as a logistics store to support their operations.

He said, Alpha Jet, supported by an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform attacked the compound scoring accurate strikes on the target and causing it to erupt into flames, which engulfed the structures and resulted in the neutralisation of some of the bandits.”

He said a few survivors, seen fleeing the vicinity of the target area, were taken out in follow-on attacks while others, who managed to escape the area, were tracked to Wonaka and equally neutralised.

•Sourced from a Daily Trust report