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Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA, of the Nigerian Army, person neutralised respective suspected Lakurawa violent elements pursuing a failed onslaught connected Dadinkowa assemblage successful Kebbi State.
A counter-insurgency and information adept successful the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this successful a station connected X.
Makama stated that the equipped radical attempted to raid a section marketplace successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday and blocked a large entree roadworthy into the assemblage to facilitate the operation.
According to sources, information forces responded swiftly aft receiving distress alerts and engaged the attackers successful a fierce weapon battle, forcing them to retreat.
Several of the assailants were neutralised during the encounter, portion others escaped with suspected gunshot wounds.
“The attempted marketplace raid was successfully foiled, preventing imaginable civilian casualties and demolition of property.
“Troops person since intensified patrols and clearance operations astir Dadinkowa and adjoining areas to way fleeing elements and stabilise the information environment,” Makama stated.
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