Troops neutralise three terrorists, recover 175 livestock in Katsina

Troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, person neutralised respective terrorists and recovered 175 livestock successful Matazu, Musawa, Kankia, Dutsin-Ma, and Malumfashi section authorities areas connected May 9, 2026.

Lieutenant Colonel Aliyu Danja, Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force (North West), Operation FANSAN YAMMA, successful a connection said troops of 171 Battalion deployed astatine Forward Operating Base (FOB) FUDMA, acting connected credible intelligence, laid a palmy ambush on the Matazu–Dutsin-Ma axis and neutralised 3 terrorists.

According to the statement, troops recovered 2 AK-47 rifles with loaded magazines, 1 motorcycle, 3 cutlasses and assorted charms from the neutralised terrorists.

In different development, successful Matazu, Musawa, and Kankia section authorities areas, troops supported by the Katsina State Community Watch Corps successfully cleared violent enclaves astatine Torcachi, Giginya, and Tashar Ganji villages, arsenic terrorists abandoned their camps and fled.

The troops recovered 175 rustled livestock, which are presently secured successful subject custody and volition beryllium handed implicit to the due section authorities successful Matazu LGA.

Furthermore, troops of FOB Malumfashi, operating alongside operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), executed a targeted raid astatine Ka...