{"id":5504,"date":"2025-02-20T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=5504"},"modified":"2025-02-20T06:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T06:03:27","slug":"nigerian-air-force-neutralises-bandits-repels-attack-on-mobile-police-force-in-katsina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=5504","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Air Force neutralises bandits, repels attack on Mobile Police Force in Katsina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Component of Operation Fasan Yamma, AC OPFY, on the 15th conducted a successful airstrike at Yauni Hill, Zakka Ward, Safana Local Government Area, Katsina State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The airstrike neutralized several bandits and assisted in repelling the onslaught against Police Mobile Force, PMF, and Katsina State Community Watch Corps personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/popup.taboola.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was contained in a statement issued by the Director, Public Relations and Communication, Air Vice Marshal Olusola Akinboyewa, Nigeria Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operation was launched in response to intelligence indicating a terrorist attack on a PMF location in the community, where bandits had already killed two PMF personnel and four vigilantes, noting that the bandits were confirmed to be taking refuge on the nearby Yauni Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, NAF air assets were deployed for an air interdiction mission. 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