Gallant troops of 1 Division of the Nigerian Army in a joint operation with personnel of the Nigeria Police and local vigilantes on Sunday repelled a coordinated attack by gunmen on Godogodo town of Kaduna State.
The troops fought off the attackers and pursued them into the bush, inflicting heavy casualty on them.
The combined security team also arrested six suspects.
They are Lawal Gambo, Yau Sani, Bala Amodu, Ibrahim Maikaru, Abubakar Hassan and Bashiru Isa Ciroma.
However, four local vigilantes lost their lives, while another nine were wounded in the course of countering the dastardly attack meant to cause more loss of lives and properties of law abiding citizens of Godogodo town.
The situation in Godogo town has since returned to normalcy and efforts are ongoing to track the remaining fleeing bandits.
The Army said in a statement on Sunday: “We wish to reassure citizens that the effort to safeguard life and property will continue with renewed vigour until all the rampaging bandits are brought to justice.”
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