Nigeria, March 15 -- The Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma has successfully neutralized more than 20 terrorists following a series of airstrikes targeting notorious criminal hideouts in the Unguwar Goga Hill-Forest area of Faskari Local Government, Katsina State.

This was revealed in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by Group Captain Kabiru Ali, Deputy Director of Public Relations and Information for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).

Ali explained that the airstrikes, carried out in the early hours of Thursday, were based on precise intelligence reports.

According to him, the operation effectively dismantled the heavily fortified camps of two notorious bandit leaders, Gero (Alhaji) and Alhaji Riga, eliminating over 20 armed cri...