Troops kill several Lakurawa fighters in Sokoto ambush, recover four AK-47 rifles

Troops of 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY), person ambushed Lakurawa terrorists astatine Ruwan Wuri successful Gudu Local Government Area of Sokoto State, sidesplitting respective fighters and recovering weapons, ammunition and different operational equipment.

In a statement, Lieutenant Colonel Aliyu Danja, Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force (North-West), Operation FANSAN YAMMA, said troops recovered 4 AK-47 rifles, 4 AK-47 magazines, six motorcycles, vigor connection equipment, ammunition and different military-related items during the operation.

The betterment of the weapons, motorcycles and connection instrumentality represents a important disruption to the group’s operational capabilities, peculiarly its mobility and communication.

The cognition underscores the continued efforts of troops nether Operation FANSAN YAMMA to dismantle violent networks, disrupt their movements and contradict them entree to the weapons and logistical enactment needed to prolong their activities.

The military’s sustained operations crossed Sokoto State and different parts of the North-West are aimed astatine curbing violent activities, protecting susceptible communities and restoring lasting bid and information to the region.

Residents are encouraged to proceed providing information agencies with credible and timely accusation to enactment ongoing operations against terr...