Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have killed scores of bandits during a daring aggressive clearance operation, the military has said.

The Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General JOHN ENENCHE, explained in a statement that it was in furtherance of the operational mandate to decisively stamp banditry out of the North-West region.

He disclosed that the soldiers conducted the operation on Saturday following credible intelligence that armed bandits have rustled unconfirmed number of cows around some Local Government Areas of Zamfara State.

According to the military spokesman, the troops successfully recovered 302 rustled cows and 412 sheep.

They also recovered one empty magazine and five mobile phones from the bandits.

ENENCHE noted that efforts were ongoing to hand over the rustled animals to the owners.