Troops eliminate terrorists, rescue three kidnapped victims in Zamfara

Nigeria subject of Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, person neutralised 2 terrorists, rescued 3 kidnapped victims and recovered arms and different items during abstracted operations successful Zurmi and Shinkafi Local Government Areas of Zamfara State.

This was made known successful a connection by Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyi Osoba, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 8 Division Nigerian Army / Sector 2 Operation FANSAN YAMMA, on Saturday.

The subject disclosed that the operations were carried retired connected June 12 arsenic portion of ongoing efforts to combat banditry and coercion successful the state.

According to the military, troops connected a warring patrol covering Birnin Saba, Yanbuki and Sabon Garin Daudawa successful Zurmi LGA engaged a radical of terrorists successful Yanbuki District. During the speech of fire, 1 violent was killed.

Items recovered from the country included rifles, 4 magazines loaded with ammunition, 2 motorcycles, 7 mobile phones, 2 MP3 players, a woodland camouflage trouser and an interior vest.

The troops aboriginal precocious to Sabon Garin Daudawa, wherever the terrorists reportedly abandoned their campy and fled earlier the soldiers arrived. The campy was subsequently cleared and destroyed.

In a abstracted cognition on the Shinkafi-Moriki axis, troops ambushed suspected terrorists, sidesplitting 1 of them. Recovered items included an AK-47 rifle, 5 magazines, a...