Numerous fighters, including three prominent bandit kingpins, were killed in airstrikes carried out by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) as part of Operation Hadarin Daji on April 27, 2024, at Bello Turji's camp in the KAGARA forest, which is situated between Shinkafi in Zamfara and Isa LGA in Sokoto. The airstrikes were reportedly carried out a few hours after the terrorists attacked a Civilian Joint Task Force unit at Forward Operating Base ISA in retaliation for the bandits' killing of seven of them and their capture of seven AK-47 weapons, four motorbikes, and other equipment. A gunfight with the robbers resulted in the ultimate cost for eight members of the Civilian Joint Task Force.

Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad area, was informed by intelligence sources that the Air component promptly launched planes to follow down the terrorists after receiving information about their escape towards the Shinkafi axis. Per sources, the terrorists were followed to Kagara Forest, where they hid behind a mango tree halfway between Isa and Shinkafi. As a result, many waves of NAF aircraft struck the camp, instantly eliminating a large number of the terrorists. At Makwaruwa hamlet in Sabon Birni of ISA lGA, the ground soldiers ambushed and captured the escaping outlaws. 

Some of the top bandits, including DAN JANGERU, DOGO NA HANTS, and KACHALLAH UBAN DABA, were found to have suffered varying degrees of injury during the battle, according to the battle damage assessment. It is said that Bello Turji avoided the attack. Zagazola is aware that the injured bandits were treated in a primary school when they were secretly brought into Kagara by the ISA. According to the sources, the remaining combatants in Bello Turji's group invaded Rijiya Malladan and Harin Shalla in ISA shortly after his soldiers were killed, setting the hamlet on fire and destroying food supplies. 

But the Joint soldiers of Operation Hadarin Daji, together with the government-backed militia known as Yan sa Kai, drove them back. Without a question, the previous week was exciting, particularly for Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) in Northwest Nigeria. Aircraft operating in these operational theaters, in conjunction with the Land Component and other security agencies, have made sure that terrorists, insurgents, and other criminal elements operating in the regions do not pose a danger to the security of innocent civilians.