The joint intelligence service has uncovered scores of makeshift facilities and forest settlements, serving as camps for armed bandits and kidnappers terrorising travellers along Abuja-Kaduna highway and train routes.
This is coming as the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) aircraft killed scores of bandit terrorists on Wednesday after obtaining intelligence on their movements along the Akilibu – Sarkin Pawa Road, near Mangoro Village, the NAF aircraft engaged terrorists in different waves with rockets while those fleeing were mopped up with canons decisively.
A domestic intelligence said 34 dead bodies of the bandits were counted during the mopping-up operation.
An emergency intelligence meeting coordinated by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) after the attack on an Abuja-Kaduna train spots three locations as ‘destinations’ of bandits after most attacks, within the territory.
The locations identified as bandit camps are in Rijana, Katari and Kasarami, the places have closeness to the Kaduna-Abuja highway and rail lines.
These locations are homes to kidnappers, armed bandits, drug addicts, gun runners, prostitutes and fleeing Boko Haram terrorists, a massive joint security operation will commence in the areas, simultaneously with the support of recently acquired Drones.
The meeting of the intelligence operatives was on the collaboration of security agents between President Muhammadu Buhari and Service Chiefs.
President Buhari had given the Service Chiefs a marching order to find lasting solutions to incessant attacks on motorists and train passengers by bandits and kidnappers.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Senate has called on the Army and Airforce to bombard terrorist enclaves, with a view to restoring peace and stability in the country.
