…Bandits kill 11 in reprisal on Katsina community
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By Peter Duru
A joint military operation covering Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states, codenamed ‘Operation Whirl Stroke’, OPWS, has commenced a 7-day operation in the three states to clear bandits and killer herders in forests and communities located in the states.
This came as bandits, Saturday, killed 11 persons at Tsatstkiya in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, even as gunmen killed a community leader, his wife and sister-in-law in Jemaa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, same day.
Though no formal statement has been issued to that effect by the Commander of OPWS, Brig. Gen. Clement Apere, a military source told reporters, yesterday in Makurdi, that the operation became necessary to check the incessant attacks on communities in Benue State, particularly by armed herdsmen.
The…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
