Troops battle hundreds of bandits on Kebbi-Zamfara border

By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi
BIRNIN KEBBI — Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 8 Division, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, are currently engaged in a fierce gun battle with hundreds of armed bandits along the Kebbi-Zamfara border.
The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Olayinka Osoba, disclosed this in a telephone interview with our correspondent.
Osoba said more than 200 bandits, riding motorcycles, had mobilised to attack some communities in Kebbi State but were engaged by troops in an effort to repel the planned assault.
He said the operation was ongoing and declined to provide details that could compromise the military operation.
“It is an ongoing operation. We...