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| Source: Xinhua 2016-03-19 18:49:07 |     
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Major Gen. Adeniyi Oyebade, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, told a news conference in Kaduna State that 38 of the bandits had been arrested by soldiers and handed over to the police for prosecution.
The military chief added that 6,009 animals were recovered during the operation code named "Sharan Daji" while 49 bandits' camps were destroyed.
The GOC said the operation was targeted at cattle rustlers and armed bandits terrorizing communities in Sokoto, Kano, Kaduna, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina and Kaduna, as well as Niger States.
He said during the course of the various operations, the military lost one Sergeant, while three soldiers sustained varying degrees of injuries.
Oyebade said a number of terrorists fleeing from the northeast were also arrested.
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