Troops neutralise suspected terrorist in Kogi, recover weapons

Troops of 12 Brigade operating nether Operation MESA person neutralised a suspected violent and recovered arms and ammunition during an ambush cognition successful Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State.

A counter-insurgency and information adept successful the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this successful a station connected X.

Makama stated that the cognition was conducted pursuing credible quality connected the activities of suspected terrorists astir Jakura 2 community.

He noted that troops responded to the accusation and laid an ambush on a suspected violent crossing constituent connected the aged Obajana–Tajimi Road successful the aboriginal hours of the operation.

According to him, during the encounter, 1 suspected violent was neutralised portion others reportedly fled the scene.

The information adept stressed that items recovered from the cognition included 1 AK-47 rifle, 5 magazines, 3 of which were loaded with a full of 70 rounds of 7.62mm peculiar ammunition, a bandolier and a mobile phone.

He described the cognition arsenic portion of ongoing efforts to disrupt transgression and violent activities wrong the brigade’s country of responsibility.

“Troops person continued domination patrols successful the country to forestall the question of transgression elements and heighten information for residents.

“The recovered items are expected to assistance further quality and investigati...