The Nigerian Air Force has in Tsafe Local Government Area, of Zamfara state, delivered volleys of sorties at bandit camps.
Specifically on December 28, 2025, fighter aircraft operating under the Air Component of Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Sector 2, executed two tightly coordinated precision air interdiction strikes that dismantled critical bandit infrastructure at Turba Hill and Kachalla Dogo Sule’s Camp locations long associated with violence, explosives, and terror across Zamfara State.
According to military sources, the air strikes were triggered by credible, multi-source intelligence backed by sustained intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR).
Security had tracked unusual human movement, logistics patterns, and operational activity within the enclaves as well as active bandit command and manufacturing hubs.
ISR data identified a zinc-roofed structure at Turba Hill believed to be central to bandit coordination in the area. Once positive identification was confirmed, NAF aircraft moved in.
The strike was swift and precise. Moments later, the structure was gone.
A post-strike battle damage assessment confirmed total destruction of the facility and the neutralisation of several bandits, effectively collapsing the hideout that had provided cover and operational depth for criminal elements terrorising surrounding communities.
The second strike carried even wider implications.
Kachalla Dogo Sule’s Camp, notorious for not just a bandit shelter, but equally a functional IED production and operations hub.
Intelligence linked the camp directly to recent improvised explosive device attacks along the Dan Sadau–Magami axis, a corridor that has suffered repeated ambushes and civilian casualties.
When NAF air assets engaged the camp, multiple active structures were hit.
The result was intense secondary fires, signalling the destruction of stored materials and facilities.
Several bandits were neutralised, and with the infrastructure obliterated, the group’s ability to manufacture and deploy IEDs was effectively crippled.
Military sources say the significance of the operation lies not just in the casualties inflicted, but in what was dismantled: the war economy of banditry hideouts, logistics nodes, and bomb-making capacity.
By removing these assets, the air strikes have degraded the operational depth of bandit networks in Zamfara and disrupted their capacity to sustain attacks on both security forces and civilians.
The Nigerian Air Force says the operation underscores its growing role as a force multiplier within the broader joint framework of Operation FANSAN YAMMA, working alongside ground forces to deny criminals freedom of movement and safe havens.
