Troops kill 5 bandits in Benue
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), in collaboration with Community Volunteer Guards, have killed five bandits in Utange Ward of Kastina-Ala LGA of Benue State. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Lt Col Paul Hemba (Rtd), who made the disclosure to newsmen at the weekend, said, “Three days ago, in Utange Ward in […]
Troops kill 5 bandits in Benue
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), in collaboration with Community Volunteer Guards, have killed five bandits in Utange Ward of Kastina-Ala LGA of Benue State.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Lt Col Paul Hemba (Rtd), who made the disclosure to newsmen at the weekend, said, “Three days ago, in Utange Ward in Kastina-Ala LGA, a combined team of OPWS and Community Volunteer Guards raided some bandits’ camps and killed two of them. As a reprisal, one the volunteer guards was the following day cornered and killed by the bandits.
“Troops again encountered the bandits on Thursday and neutralised three of them.”
The security adviser added that the shelters of the criminals were destroyed by the troops during the encounter.