By, giwa alex, Jos

Military the codenamed Operation SAFE HAVEN(OPSH),has reported to have killed eight notorious bandits in Sabongari village of Wase local government of Plateau State on Sunday night 7th August,2023

It was gathered that the  incident occurred in a joint operations between the Military, Vigilante and hunters who have been working together to  flush out the bandits and other criminal elements in the locality.

The report revealed that the joint operations between the military and unconventional securities outfits in the area which started on Saturday lasted throughout Sunday evening left not fewer than eight bandits terrorizing the area of recent, dead.

Abdullahi Usman, a resident of Wase who also confirmed the incident said the Military and the bandits clashed in Zurak and Yaddi Lawan  which was taken over by the bandits, and served  as their base  which the security  burnt down and reclaimed .

He said” Some of the bandits were killed while some have ran out of the community”.

Spokesperson of the Operation SAFE HAVEN,  Major Ishaku Takwa, confirmed the incident and said 8 bandits were killed during the operation in the area.”

However, communities in Wase local government council had been under siege by heavy attack of bandits in the past few weeks.