GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Army Kill Armed Kidnappers During Mass Clearance Operation

Nigerian soldiers have killed 3 armed kidnappers and destroyed their camps in Bauchi state – Their arms and ammunitions were recovered during a clearance operation Warning: graphic content! Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the acting director of army public relations, has on Monday released a statement with an update on the ongoing military operations in Bauchi state:

“Troops of 33 brigade, Nigerian army, based on incessant reported cases of armed robberies and kidnappings in some parts of Bauchi State have embarked on fighting patrols to clear the state of such criminal elements.

It is in this regards they carried out a fighting patrol yesterday, Sunday 21st August 2016, at Dutsen Mairama and around Dogon Ruwa settlement within Lame/Burra forest of Toro and Ningi Local Government Areas of Bauchi state.

During the encounter, 3 armed kidnappers were killed and their camps were destroyed. The troops also recovered arms and ammunitions including empty shells.

The troops would continue to carry out such clearance operations in all known hideouts of kidnappers and armed bandits within Bauchi and other states to deny criminal elements freedom of action.”