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From Noah Ebije, Kaduna
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan has said troops killed 152 terrorists and destroyed over 100 bandits’ camps in the second and third quarters of 2022 across the state.
Aruwan made the declaration while presenting the security situation reports for the second and third quarters of 2022 to the state governor Nasir El-Rufai on Friday.
He said: “You will find that there has been notable progress made since military operations were intensified in the State. Across the six-month period reviewed.
“A total of 152 bandits and terrorists were neutralized by ground forces around the state, and scores more were neutralized during aerial assaults on identified camps and converging points”. He also added that, “16 bandits and terrorists were eliminated in fratricidal clashes in Birnin Gwari and Chikun LGAs, while,” over 100 camps occupied by bandits and terrorists destroyed. In the same period under review, 74 kidnapped persons were rescued by security forces.
He said various arms and ammunition were intercepted by the military from the bandits. On security challenges along Kaduna /Abuja highway, Aruwan remarked that there was a significant improvements in the general situation along the highway as well as other highways.
“Deaths attributed to banditry, terrorism and violent attacks across Kaduna State have reduced in the third quarter. The same is true for kidnapped persons and rustled cattle,” he noted.
