Troops of the 223 Light Tank Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Gusau have destroyed two more suspected criminal hideouts in Dumburum forest of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
The Commander of the battalion, Col. Aliyu Adamu, said in a statement in Gusau Friday that the operation was carried out on Thursday.
He said intelligence indicated the hideouts were headed by “two notorious gang leaders”- Manu Wargaji and Bush.
Adamu explained that having sensed the approach of the troops to their hideouts, the bandits fled, leaving behind most of their belongings and 1, 355 animals.
He said the animals recovered included 293 cows, 876 sheep and 186 goats.
The commander also said two motorcycles, a pair each of police uniform and army desert uniform, cutlasses and two voters’ cards belonging to Maisamari Isa were recovered.
According to him, clearance patrol is continuing in all the bushes of the state by the troops in order to flush out all criminal gangs and recover stolen property.