Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have killed a suspected bandit and arrested two suspected kidnappers in separate military operations in Benue State.
The acting Media Information Officer of the task force, Ahmad Zubairu, announced this in a statement issued on Friday.
Zubairu said troops, acting on credible intelligence, moved against suspected kidnappers operating an illegal checkpoint along the Jortar-Atume axis on 19 August.
He said the troops engaged the suspected bandits in a firefight, during which one of them, identified by the nickname “Cool Nigga”, was killed.
On arrival, the troops made contact with the criminals, resulting in a firefight during which one suspected bandit, identified by the nickname ‘Cool Nigga’, was neutralised, he said.
