Troops of 12 Brigade of the Nigerian Army have eliminated nine bandits and rescued kidnapped victims in Kogi state following the commencement of operation Egwua A Tite II in Kogi State on September 1, 2025.
Acting Assistant Director Army Public Relations 12 Brigade, Lt. Hassan Abdullahi in a statement issued Sunday revealed that the troops of 126 Battalion, led by the Commanding Officer and in conjunction with Other Hybrid Forces (OHF) came in contact with bandits in Tunga general area.
He said during the fire fight two bandits were neutralised.
Abdullahi added that the commander 12 Brigade and Force Commander Operation Accord III, Brig-Gen. Kasim Umar Sidi, led further exploitation of the area, this resulted in the destruction of several bandits’ settlements.
He noted: “On 2 September, 2025, acting on credible intelligence, troops with close air support from 405 Helicopter Combat Training Group, launched an air combat mission to Ankomi, engaging the fleeing bandits on sight and neutralising scores.
“In a related development, troops of 126 Battalion, led by the Commanding Officer, on 3 September 2025 conducted clearance operations in Aleke, Ungwan Soni, and Ungwan Nyaba communities.
“In the operation, one Mr. Pabo Suleiman and his two children were successfully rescued. The rescued victims had since been reunited with their family members. Five locally made dane guns were recovered during the clearance operation.”
Abdullahi stressed that at another operation during a fierce gun battle on the 5th of September between the troop and the bandits at their hideout near Tunga, from intelligence, Kachalla Bala, a notorious bandit commander, and five others were eliminated.
On the same day, he said the troops also conducted a successful ambush operation along a suspected bandits’ main supply route at Agbede–Adankoo Bridge (Mosalanci Boka), where a bandit logistics courier was neutralised.
Items recovered during the ambush included one motorcycle, two mobile phones, and one AK-47 magazine loaded with 20 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition.