JUST-IN: Security Forces Engage 240 Bandits In Zamfara-Kebbi Border Area

Security forces, including COAS Intervention Battalion 3 troops under 8 Division, Nigerian Army, the Air Component of Joint Task Force Operation FANSAN YAMMA, and personnel of the Mobile Police Force are currently engaged in intense combat with a large group of armed bandits operating around the Zamfara–Kebbi border area.
Residents said the bandits numbering about 240, are said to have emerged from the Sangeko Gap in Zamfara State before advancing into Makuku town in Kebbi State.
An eye witness Fua’ad Bello said the armed group is operating in three separate formations, with the bandits
Fua’ad said the development has triggered heightened security concerns in the affected communitie...