Troops eliminate four suspected terrorists in Katsina, recover arms

Troops of the Nigerian Army person neutralised 4 suspected terrorists during a patrol on Turare–Yantumaki Road successful Katsina State.

This was made known successful a station connected X by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and information adept successful the Lake Chad region.

According to him, the incidental occurred astatine astir 11:40 a.m. connected Friday erstwhile the troops came nether onslaught by equipped assailants portion connected regular patrol.

Makama disclosed that the soldiers responded swiftly, overpowering the attackers and sidesplitting each 4 suspects without signaling immoderate casualties connected their side.

According to him, items recovered from the country see 1 AK-47 firearm with a mag containing 5 rounds of 7.62mm peculiar ammunition, 2 motorcycles, aggregate mobile phones, and currency amounting to N153,400.

The information adept added that immoderate of the recovered Android phones contained images of the suspects dressed successful subject uniforms and person been handed implicit for forensic analysis.

“Preliminary quality identified the neutralised suspects arsenic Bishir Holami, Jamilu Baki, Ibrahim Doro, and Abdurraman Maje.

“The suspects were linked to a bid of attacks successful Gobirawa, Raddawa, Kuki, and different communities wrong Dutsinma and Matazu Local Government Areas,” helium said.

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