The Nigeria Army has recovered no fewer than seven hundred and six small arms and light weapons from bandits and criminal elements within areas of operation in Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto and Kebbi States.
The Force Commander, Operation Hadarin Daji, Major-General Uwem Bassey, gave the figure at the handing over of the weapons to the North West National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Sokoto.
Bassey said the weapons were recovered from different clearance operations in the four states.
He explained that the operations were meant to get rid of bandits and other criminal elements across the North Western states.
