Nigeria: Troops kill 3 bandits terrorizing Mangu in Plateau

Nigeria: Troops kill 3 bandits terrorizing Mangu in Plateau

By: Our Reporter

A Combat Team from Operation SAFE HAVEN whilst responding to a distress call  in Mangu LGA on, 12 July 2023 were ambushed along Road Mangun – Pushit – Mangu by a group of bandits believed to be amongst the miscreants fermenting trouble in Mangu LGA of Plateau state in north central Nigeria.

Troops professionally and decisively cleared the ambush neutralising 3 of the bandits in the process and recovered 3 x AK 47 Rifles,14 rounds of 7.62 Special rounds, 1 x Motorcycle and a Constabulary Police ID card while others escaped with gunshot wounds.

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The Commander Operations SAFE HAVEN and General Officer Commanding 3 Armoured Division, Major General AE Abubakar reiterated that the Nigerian Army remains resolute in the discharge of its mandate within the ambits of the law and would continue to be firm, bold, decisive and just. 

He said that the protection of lives and property of citizens remains paramount and that with the redeployment of his Headquarters to Mangu LGA, all distress calls would be responded to promptly as several Combat Teams have been dispatched to remote areas in the Local Government for enhanced rapid response.

Nigeria: Troops kill 3 bandits terrorizing Mangu in Plateau