The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says they deployed the Air Task Force (ATF) for Operation DIRAN MIKIYA to destroy the bandits’ logistics base currently causing havoc at Ajia in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

Air Commodore, Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja.

The Commodore also disclosed that the Air Task Force neutralized dozens of the bandits at the locations and that the operation was carried with regards to Human Intelligence reports which indicated that the bandits were using a compound within Ajia as a logistics store to support their operations.

The spokesman reported that the ATF made accurate targets and literally destroyed the bandit’s logistics alongside bandits who were in the target location….. Stating that, bandits trying to escape were been followed and captured.

“The NAF, working in close coordination with sister Services and other security agencies, will sustain its operations to neutralize the bandits and deny them freedom of action in the North West,” he added.