Troops and Special Forces of the Nigerian Army have neutralised nine bandits during fierce battles in some locations in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna state.
Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna.
Aruwan said more than a dozen abducted women and children were rescued by the troops after their captors fled.
He siad, a feedback to the Kaduna state government by the troops, indicated that the bandits who camped at a river line around Rafin Sarki, were cleared by the troops, killing five of the criminals while many others fled.
