Two soldiers and several armed bandits have been confirmed dead in a gun battle that ensued between troops and terrorists in Bawar Daji village, Anka local government area of Zamfara state.
A statement from Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, Director Army Public Relations said, during the fierce battle, many bandits escaped with gun shot wounds to the top of high ground close to the area.
“Weapons recovered are :5 AK 47 assault rifles, one Light machine gun, 5 magazines of AK 47 rifle and 35 rounds of 7,62mm special ammunition.
“Unfortunately, we lost an officer and a soldier during the encounter. The remains of the officer and the soldier have been evacuated to the Federal Medical Center Gusau,” the statement said.
Also confirming the attack, the council chairman of the LG, Alhaji Mustapha Gado, said the troops deployed to the village engaged the armed bandits in a fierce fire exchange, thus resulting to the death of two soldiers, including a captain.
Alhaji Mustapha Gado said the corpses of the soldiers were brought to Anka town and then moved to Gusau, the state capital, adding that the fight continued.
“The commander of the troops was in Anka today from the Bawar Daji village, he came for reinforcement and a good number of military vehicles moved in to the battle field to reinforce those already there,” he said.
Relatively, Chukwu said in another operation, troops deployed at Bena acted on a tip-off and conducted raid at bandits Camp in Laka Village of Kebbi State and killed one of the bandits and recovered one AK 47 rifle with a magazine.
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