Troops foil terrorist attacks, rescue 16 abductees in Zamfara

Troops of the Nigerian Army person foiled abstracted violent attacks successful Zamfara State and rescued 16 civilians who were being abducted successful Kaura Namoda and Tsafe section authorities areas.

According to a source, successful the aboriginal hours of Friday, August 28, 2026, troops deployed successful Kaura Namoda LGA responded to a distress telephone implicit an ongoing penetration by suspected terrorists attempting to abduct residents of a community.

The troops swiftly mobilised to the country and engaged the assailants with superior firepower, forcing them to fly successful disarray.

“Four antheral civilians were rescued unharmed, portion the affected country was subsequently reinforced and secured by the troops,” the root said.

In a related cognition aboriginal the aforesaid day, troops operating successful Tsafe LGA intercepted different effort by terrorists to abduct commuters on a large transit route.

Upon accomplishment astatine the scene, the troops engaged the attackers successful a dense firefight, compelling them to wantonness their captives and retreat.

A full of 12 passengers travelling successful 2 commercialized vehicles were rescued without injuries.

Following the palmy intervention, mean postulation travel was restored on the route, portion information measures were strengthened successful the country to forestall further attacks.

The operations underscore the t...