Benue: Troops foil bandit attacks in Katsina-Ala, recover arms

Benue: Troops foil bandit attacks in Katsina-Ala, recover arms

Troops under Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have successfully repelled coordinated attempts by armed bandits to raid communities in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State. The development follows barely a week after suspected herdsmen and local bandits, reportedly numbering about a thousand, staged an ambush that left 11 security operatives including police personnel and members of the Civil Protection Guards, also known as Anyam Nyom d…

Benue: Troops repel bandit attacks in Katsina-Ala, recover arms, phones

Troops under Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have successfully repelled fresh attempts by armed bandits to raid villages in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State. This latest operation comes just a week after heavily armed herders and local bandit groups, numbering close to a thousand, ambushed security operatives in the same council, killing 11 personnel […] The post Benue: Troops repel bandit attacks in Katsina-Ala, recover arms, phon…