*Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air-Marshal Sadique Abubakar
Following the intensified military action against bandits in the north-east, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has said that over 300 bandits have been killed by troops in the ongoing onslaughts against the hoodlums in the North-west.
Nigeria to say the least is under siege with all sorts of banditry and crimes that have consumed thousands of innocent lives but the military top brass said the air component of Operation Hadarin Daji would not relent in flushing out the bandits and kidnappers in the North-west and other parts of the country.
Abubakar, who spoke at the Umaru Musa Yar’adua Airport, Katsina during an operational visit to the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji, challenged the troops not to spare bandits. He stated that arrangements were ongoing to establish an Air Range at Dungurun forest bordering Katsina and Zamfara states in order to dislodge armed bandits within the forest.
He said that the deadly onslaughts orchestrated by bandits in the region has started affecting farming activities, adding that troops will not spare any bandit to enable farmers return to their farms. The NAF chief, however, did not shut the doors of peaceful resolution as he encouraged bandits and kidnappers that are terrorising communities in the region to surrender their arms. Failure to do so he stated will mean that the army will make them face the wrath of the law.
