The Air Task Force for Operation DIRAN MIKIYA has successfully destroyed an armed bandits’ logistics base at Ajia and neutralised more than twenty five armed bandits at Ajia and Wonaka in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force, Ibikunle who confirmed this says
the operation was executed sequel to Human Intelligence reports indicating that the armed bandits were using a compound within Ajia as a logistics store to support their operations.
A Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet attacked the compound causing it to erupt into flames, and resulted in the neutralization of some of the bandits.
The few survivors who fled the vicinity of the target area, were taken out in follow-on attacks while others were tracked to Wonaka and equally neutralized.
