The Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma has nutrialised 15 bandits in successful airstrikes conducted in the Safana Local Government Area of Katsina state.
According to Zagazola Makama, the operations were conducted on November 10, 2024, targeting bandit hideouts located northwest of Tsaskiya village.
It was gathered that the NAF air assets launched a precision airstrike on the location, achieving a direct hit and neutralising scores of terrorists, while several others sustained injuries.
Intelligence source revealed that the air interdiction was part of Operation Fansa Yamma, aimed at dismantling criminal camps at Shamo and Shafi’u.
The source said: “The strike, which took place at approximately 1:00 a.m reportedly neutralised 15 bandits, while several other bandits were observed being taken to a chemist’s shop in Tsaskiya, reportedly owned by an individual identified as Jankare, for treatment.”
