Troops neutralise terrorist, arrest father, son suspected of terrorism in Katsina, Sokoto

Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, person neutralised a suspected violent and arrested 2 others successful abstracted information operations successful Katsina and Sokoto States.

The operations besides led to the betterment of 2 AK-47 rifles, ammunition, a motorcycle, mobile phones and cash.

In a connection issued connected Thursday, the Acting Media Information Officer of the Joint Task Force, Captain Tamuno Sinivie, said the operations were carried retired connected November 10 and 11 pursuing quality reports.

According to the statement, troops of Sector 1, connected November 10, received credible quality astir the beingness of equipped terrorists astatine Bada'u Gora successful Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State.

He said that the suspected terrorists were reportedly readying to onslaught members of the community, prompting troops to found an ambush on their suspected question route.

It noted that during the encounter, the soldiers engaged the equipped radical and neutralised 1 terrorist.

The connection said that items recovered from the country included an AK-47 rifle, 1 magazine, six rounds of ammunition, a motorcycle and 3 mobile phones. The subject confirmed that nary casualties were recorded among its unit during the operation.

In a related development, the service said that troops of Sector 2 arrested 2 suspected terrorists during an intelligence-driven cognition astatine Bauni Forest successful Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, connected November 11.

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