Military authorities have said over 40 bandits have been gunned down in the North West.

Acting Director, Defense Media Operation, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, who disclosed this, said troops carried out operation in forests within Sokoto and Kaduna States.

He spoke at the Defense Headquarters, Abuja, while giving updates on the activities of troops across all theatres of operations between October 1 and October 13.

The senior military officer, who also revealed how several structures which served as bandits’ logistics bases were destroyed, explained that the operations became imperative in order to ensure that impending security threats are forestalled across the country.

According to him, within the two weeks under review, using a force package of NAF platforms, multiple air strikes were executed on bandits’ enclaves in different locations.