The Nigerian Army has urged health facilities/workers and paramedics to watch out for persons who may be seeking medical attention for gunshot wounds to please report to relevant security agencies.
Director Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement on Tuesday disclosed that some of the criminal elements escaped with gunshot wounds in Kaduna after a fighting patrol team with Operational commanders overpowered some bandits with superior fire power neutralizing, one of them, while three others were captured alive.
Onyema said the fighting patrol led by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja accompanied by a team of Operational commanders and operatives cleared bandits in eight communities in Kaduna State.
He said the communities cleared while on a fighting patrol on Monday 29 August 2022 are Buruku, Udawa, Manini, Birnin Gwari, Doka, Maganda, Kuyello and Dogon Dawa communities in Kaduna state.
Onyema said the Patrol team also recovered one AK 47 rifle, 27 rounds of 7.62 mm Special ammunition and 18 Motorcycles.
