In a very strategic move, Special Forces deployed to address the incessant kidnapping of travellers along Kaduna-Abuja highways have eliminated scores of terror bandits suspected to be responsible for the recent attack on the highway
PRNigeria citing a video footage said dozens of terror bandts were killed this week during the operation by Special Forces
Some of the corpses of the terrorists were even recognised as residents living within some of the communities.
PRNigeria also quoting a security source said that there was a massive deployment of troops comprising military, police and intelligence operatives in selected communities along the highways.
“Before the Presidential directive, some deployments were effected. The directive has now influenced more deployment and provision of equipment and intelligence gathering tools to fight the bandits.
“We have so far killed more than a dozen armed bandits who attempted to escape on motorcycles after sighting the movements of the troops.
“Most of them are behind recent abductions on the highways as some people identified the corpses as known faces within the communities,” a top Military source told PRNigeria on the condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile, the Kaduna State Government has announced the restoration of telecommunications services that were earlier suspended in some parts of the state.
The government had, on September 30, shutdown the networks as part of efforts designed to checkmate the activities of terror bandits
The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, announced the restoration of the network services while addressing journalists on Friday.
Mr Aruwan said the state government has contacted the relevant federal agencies to effect the immediate restoration of telecommunication services which were suspended in some local government areas.
However, he noted that the other measures announced as part of the security containment orders remain in force.
These include the prohibition of motorcycles all over the state, the ban on weekly markets, transportation of cattle, and the prohibition of sale of fuel in jerrycans in specified local government areas.