Troops Kill Five Gunmen In Zamfara Clash

The Nigerian troops fighting Boko Haram in North East.

The Nigerian armed force has reported the passing of six people who were murdered when troops of 1 Division connected some obscure shooters in Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria. 

Representative for the armed force Colonel Muhammad Dole said that the troops under Operation Whirl Punch got occupied with the battle with the shooters when they got twist of an equipped burglary activity along the Birnin Gwari – Funtua street. 

As per him, five of the shooters, called criminals, were executed. 

He said a few arms and different hazardous weapons were similarly recouped from the culprits, who slaughtered one fighter and harmed two others in the go head to head.