Troops of “Operation ACCORD” have arrested six youths suspected to be bandits at Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
In a statement, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Major General John Enenche said the operation followed credible intelligence on movement of suspected bandits.
He further stated that the suspects were claimed to have returned from Shinkafi Local Government Area.
Enenche said preliminary investigations revealed that two of them were confirmed to be bandits while two others were suspected to be new recruits into the camp of a notorious bandit known as Turji.
Enenche said further search of their phones showed pictures of suspects practising weapon handling.
He said the suspects confessed to be bandits as alleged and they were currently in custody for further action.
Enenche said the troops had continued to dominate the general area with aggressive patrols to deny bandits freedom of action.
He encouraged the general public to continue to provide credible information to the troops operating within their localities.
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