The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said troops killed scores of bandits around the tollgate general area in Chikun Local Government Area of the state.

The commissioner, in a statement on Saturday, said that among the bandits neutralised by the troops, was one Musti, who led the last year deadly assault on the nation’s foremost military university – the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna.

He said Musti led the daring attack which claimed two military officers of the institution – Lt. Commander Wulah and Flight Lieutenant Okoronkwo – while one Major Christopher Datong was said to be missing after the attack at the early hours of August 24, 2021.

A notorious bandit, the Commissioner identified as Boderi Isiya, narrowly escaped being neutralised, adding that corpses and weapons were recovered at the scene, while some of the terrorists eventually died from bullet wounds.

Aruwan, however, failed to released figures of the terrorists neutralised by the troops.

The Commissioner said, “Notorious bandit Boderi Isiya has narrowly escaped being neutralized, while his deadly second in command and several other fighters were gunned down by Nigerian Army troops.

“Security agencies informed the Kaduna State Government of this development in an operational feedback.