Birnin Gwari has been a playground of bandits, where they carry out audacious attacks on military and civilian positions.
The rampaging bandits terrorizing Kaduna, reportedly struck at a military base in Polwire village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing 11 soldiers and three local vigilante operatives.
The bandits struck yesterday, according to a military signal quoted by an online newspaper, Sahara Reporters.
The newspaper said the bandits came in large numbers on motorcycles and engaged the troops in a battle that lasted for two hours before dislodging them.
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Birnin Gwari has been a playground of bandits, carrying out audacious attacks on military and civilian positions.
The signal about the Birnin Gwari attack, reads: “TEXT: OP DOMINION STORM SPECIAL SITREP (.) SITREP AS AT 041200A APR 22 (.) *BHT/ BANDITS ATTK *(.) AT ABOUT 031645A APR 22 (.) TPS AT BLK POSN POLEWIRE GEO COORD 10°42’59.40”N 06°42’01.97E CAME UNDER ATTK FROM UNCFM NO OF BHT/BANDITS USING RPG BOMBS AND OTHER SP WPNS (.) THE ENCOUNTER LASTED UP TO ABOUT 2000HRS BEFORE TPS WERE DISLODGED FROM THE LOC (.) TPS WDR TO POLEWIRE VILL GEO COORD 10°42’14.49”N 06°41’05.38”E (.) TPS WERE RFT FROM FOB GWASKA AND RTN TO POLEWIRE AT ABOUT 2115HRS CMM NO FURTHER CONTACT WAS MADE (.) TPS CARRIED OUT EXPLOITATION FIRST LI (.) BANDITS CAS (.) UNCFM (.)WIA (.) UNCFM (.) OWN CAS (.) KIA (.) 11 X SLDRS AND 3 X KADVS (.) WIA (.) 1 X 19 SLDRS AND 2 X KADVS.”
The newspaper recalled that on Sunday, terrorists also stormed villages across Kagarko and Kachia Local Government Areas of Kaduna State where they killed no fewer than 17 residents in four communities after abducting 22 others.