Army arrest 10 suspected terrorists, rescue kidnap victims in North Central

The Nigeria Army troops nether assorted interior information operations person arrested 10 suspected terrorists and rescued 3 kidnapped victims successful coordinated operations crossed the Federal Capital Territory and North-Central region.

This is contained successful an operational study by the service connected Wednesday successful Abuja.

In the FCT nether Operation MESA, the reports said troops of 176 Guards Battalion, successful conjunction with the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) tracking team, intercepted and arrested 2 suspected terrorists astatine a drawback checkpoint successful Abaji.

It added that the suspects were apprehended portion transiting successful a commercialized conveyance en way Kaduna from Asaba.

The reports said that the suspects person been taken into custody for further investigation.

In Benue, it revealed that troops conducting warring patrols nether Operation WHIRL STROKE arrested 2 suspected terrorists and recovered 2 motorcycles during operations successful Gwer West Local Government Area.

According to the report, further operations successful Nasarawa State led to the apprehension of six suspected terrorists and cause peddlers successful Karshi country of Karu Local Government Area.

It explained that the arrests followed actionable intelligence, adding that troops recovered a locally fabricated pistol, cartridges and different items, and that the suspects were presently successful custody.

“Troops besides recorded succe...