Aprokopikin – Nigerian Army Declares War against Bandits in Southern Kaduna
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai
John Shiklam in Kaduna
Nigerian Army wednesday launched an operation tagged: ‘Operation Harbin Kunama II’ to tackle the menace of herdsmen in the southern part of Kaduna State.
Hundreds of people have been killed in the past five years by herdsmen while property estimated at billions of naira were destroyed.
The federal government, had in December last year, deployed troops and the police to the area to stop the mayhem, but the killings have continued with the recent one that claimed 12 lives in Asso village last Saturday.
Speaking at the event which held in Kafanchan, the headquarters of Jama’a Local Government Area, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, said there would no longer be any hiding place for armed bandits in the state.
Buratai…
Nigerian Army Declares War against Bandits in Southern Kaduna – Aprokopikin