Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have killed three suspected armed bandits on Sunday night at Adaka , a suburb of Makurdi town .
An eyewitness told our correspondent that the bandits numbering about 10 stormed the community around 8pm on Sunday.
The source who simply identified himself as ‘ Terna ’ said that leaders in the community had to alert troops of Operation Whirl Stroke on patrol of the area about the invasion of bandits .
Terna said that the suspected armed bandits were seen loitering around the area to attack the entire community before a man and his wife ran into them and they were shot in the process .
Terna said , “ Not long that the troops were alerted , we started hearing gunshots which lasted several minutes , indicating that the bandits engaged the troops in a gun duel.
“ In fact , if not for the prompt intervention of the military , something terrible more than this could have happened . The military engaged the bandits in a heavy gun dwell and at the end , we saw them with three dead bodies .
“ The bandits were armed with sophisticated weapons .
“ We sincerely thank the Military personnel for their action and we are appealing for more deployment of security in our area to avert further attacks . ”
When contacted , Commander of OPWS , Major General Adeyemi Yekini , said his patrol team had an encounter with some armed bandits around the Adaka community .
“ Our troops are on top of the situation and will do everything possible with other security agencies on the ground to protect the people, ” Gen Yekini stated .
The Commander of OPWS , however , referred our correspondent to the Defence Headquarters Media Operations team for further information on the Adaka incident.
