Nigeria, May 14 -- The Nigerian military has killed many bandits and destroyed their camps in some forests in Chikun and Birnin Gwari local government areas of Kaduna State, an official has said.

This was contained in an operational feedback from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to the Kaduna State Government on Friday.

The develpment was recorded by the "air component of Operation Thunder Strike during a series of aerial missions across several locations in Kaduna State".

The state commissioner of Internal Security and Homeland Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, gave the feedback public through an official statement on Friday.

Mr Aruwan said "many bandits were killed and their camps destroyed in the air raid".

"Armed reconnaissance was conducted o...