Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The troops of the Nigerian Army
deployed in the Operation Sharan
Daji against cattle rustling,
kidnapping, armed robbery and other
criminal activities in the North West
have killed 12 cattle rustlers. The troops also arrested and injured
an unspecified number of the
criminals. The Acting Director, Army Public
Relations, Col. San Usman, said in
an electronic mail on Saturday that
the troops recovered 1031 cattle, 331
sheep, arms and ammunition from
the criminals. According to him, the soldiers also
destroyed 13 of the camps belonging
to the cattle rustlers in the ongoing
operation in Kaduna, Kano, Zamfara
and Katsina states. “Troops of Operation Sharan Daji
engaged in anti-cattle rustling, armed
banditry, kidnapping and other
criminal activities in various states of
the North-western part of the
country, have recorded yet major successes against rustlers, killing
several of them, destroying their
camps and recovered many
livestock, arms and ammunitions,” he
said Usman said that the troops killed four
of the rustlers, arrested three,
injured 16, and destroyed seven
camps belonging to them in the
operation in Zamfara. According to him, the troops also
recovered 486 livestock, two
matchetes, three AK-47 rifles and
four AK 47 rifle magazines from the
rustlers in the operation. He stated also the troops killed five
rustlers, arrested two of them and
destroyed five camps in addition to
recovering an AK-47 rifle, four locally
manufactured guns, 12 machetes and
116 livestock from the rustlers in Katsina state. He added that the troops killed two
rustlers, arrested seven of them and
destroyed six of the camps belonging
to them in Kaduna State. Items said to have been recovered
from them in the Kaduna operation
included ‘305 livestock, two locally
made pistols, three bows and arrows
and four machetes.’ The Acting Army Spokesman who
said that the troops killed a cattle
rustler, and their camps in the
Doguwa Forest in Kano, added that
126 cattle, 331 sheep, 10 donkeys
and three camels were recovered from the rustlers. He said that the troops of the One
Division of the Nigerian Army and
other security operatives deployed in
the affected states were involved in
an ongoing operation to flush out
kidnappers, cattle rustlers and other armed criminals from the area.

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