Atleast 20 gunmen suspected to be bandits have been killed by Air troops around the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA), PR Nigeria reports.
Sources told PRNigeria that the criminals were sighted riding on over 50 motorcycles on Thursday evening, advancing towards the Academy, in Kaduna State.
Men of the Nigerian Air Force were said to have been tipped-off about the movement of the gunmen around the area of which two helicopter ships were dispatched to the area to engage the terrorists.
The source revealed to PR Nigeria that, “On sighting the aircraft, the bandits started fleeing into the fringes of the forest. This brought about an objective and very decisive rain of hell from above on the miscreants as surviving bandits seen to be scampering for safety from the superior air presence were effectively mopped up.
“Moreso as it is customary, feedback received on Friday after the operation from both the ground forces and local sources, revealed that the bandits were effectively disoriented and suffered a loss of about 20 bandits.
