Plans are underway to completely wipe out terrorists in Zamfara State, the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has announced.
He said the military joint operation is tagged “Harbin Kunama II.”
Dan-Ali made the disclosure in Gusau on Sunday while speaking to journalists on the effort against counter terrorism in the country.
It would be recalled that Operation Harbin Kunama I was launched by President Muhammadu Buhari in July, 2016 and quit a number of armed bandits were killed.
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The minister said that just like the military is carrying out Operation Awatse in the South-Western parts and Operation Crocodile Smile II in the South South, Harbin Kunama II would kick off in the state in December.
He said the military would not rest on its oars until terrorism was wiped out.
The efforts, according to him, was to ensure “that people can continue to live in peace and enjoy the dividends of democracy.”
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar and the Officer Commanding Special Operations Command of the Nigerian Air Force, AVM Ismaila Kaita were in the state for the inauguration of some completed projects at the 207 Quick Response Group of the Nigerian Air Force in Gusau.