Shekinat Abubakar
Troops of the 12 Brigade, Nigerian Army, operating under Operation Accord III, in collaboration with other Hybrid Forces (OHF), have neutralised a wanted bandit, Babangida Kachala in Kogi State.
The operation, conducted under Operation EGWUA A TITE II, took place on September 5 at a bandit hideout near Tunga.
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According to a statement released on Saturday by Lieutenant Hassan Abdullahi, spokesman for the 12 Brigade, Babangida was the second-in-command to Kachala Shuaibu, leader of a violent gang operating within the Masalaci Boka and Ofere Forest areas of Kogi State.
The decisive encounter came on September 11, 2025, when combined forces of Operation ACCORD III and Hybrid Forces launched an ambush based on credible intelligence of bandit movement in Ofere Forest and the Ayetoro Gbede axis.
