At least 20 terrorists were killed in a Nigerian military airstrike targeting fortified camps along the Funtua-Gusau road in Katsina state, the Nigerian Air Force said Saturday.

According to Kabiru Ali, deputy director of the Nigerian Airforce public relations, the operation was conducted after credible intelligence revealed the presence of a large group of terrorists in the area.

“The airstrikes, which preceded careful and actionable intelligence advancing purposeful lethality, destroyed the fortified camps of notorious bandit kingpins Gero (Alhaji) and Alhaji Riga, neutralizing over 20 criminals, with additional casualties reported in the surrounding rocky hills,” Ali said in a statement shared with Anadolu.

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