In what appeared a deft and decisive move, the tactical teams of the Department of State Services (DSS) with back up from the Nigerian Military, have further degraded about 45 bandits around Kuchi town in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State.
The operation, it was gathered was carried out in a stealth manner, thereby recorded yet another victory in the sustained offensives against bandits in the area.
Security sources told Forefront News that the DSS had with clear precision followed the trail of the bandits and prevented an invasion on the villages to orchestrate massive attacks, planned by terrorists’ kingpin, Dogo Gide and other bandits loyal to him.
The sources revealed that intelligence diligently acquired from the DSS’ renewed covert efforts revealed that the terrorists who were from Bilbis forest, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State and some parts of Kaduna State were invited by Gide to attack villages in the Kuchi area. According to the sources; “In the early hours of Monday, June 2, 2025, bandits from Kaduna and Zamfara States, numbering about 100 and heavily armed with sophisticated weapons, advanced towards Kuchi town in Munya LGA”.
However, operatives waylaid the bandits and launched a surprise attack on them in the outskirts of Kuchi town where the operatives engaged the fleeing dissidents in a gun duel, which saw the elimination of the bandits.
The surprise attack also left many of the bandits injured while their motorcycles and ammunition were recovered. It was however gathered that five of the DSS operatives sustained severe injuries and are currently hospitalised.
A security source said; “This ambush which is a part of sustained offensives against the bandits, followed the earlier decimation of over 50 bandits, has dealt a heavy blow on Dogo Gide, who in the past months has been losing huge territories to the superior firepower and covert disruptions by operatives deployed to these troubled spots.
“Serious heat has been turned on them, and we hope it will be sustained. We pray that these efforts by the DSS that appear quite new and aimed at saving our communities from the bandits, will continue,” the source said.
Withe recorded success which comes shortly after the dislodgement of several bandits by operatives of the DSS in the same LGA, is expected to bring a big relief to the local communities.
