Troops arrest gun runners, rescue victims in Zamfara

Troops of 1 Brigade, Nigerian Army, operating nether Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, person arrested 3 suspected weapon runners and rescued six victims during abstracted operations successful Zamfara State.

The operations were conducted on the Kauran Namoda–Shinkafi and Anka–Gummi axes of the state.

In a connection connected Monday, the Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Brigade Nigerian Army, Captain Yusuf Mohammed, said the troops arrested the suspected weapon runners astatine astir 2:05 p.m. connected August 23, 2026, during a stop-and-search cognition on the Kauran Namoda–Shinkafi Road.

The suspects were identified arsenic 20-year-old Lukman Sulaiman and 18-year-old Nafiu Isa, some reportedly from Yar-Galadima, Dan-Sadau District, arsenic good arsenic 60-year-old Adamu Lawali, the operator of the vehicle.

“During the operation, troops recovered 1 AK-103-2 rifle, 1 mag and 30 rounds of 7.62mm Special ammunition, concealed wrong a container of millet successful a Golf Wagon with registration fig BMJ-143AA. Preliminary probe revealed that the suspects were allegedly transporting the limb to Yar-Galadima successful Maru Local Government Area.

“Further probe indicated that the 2 younger suspects claimed an Alhaji nonmigratory successful Gusau, whom they identified arsenic their father, had provided wealth for the acquisition of the millet utilized to conceal the ...