Troops neutralise two notorious terrorist kingpins in Katsina

Troops of Sector 2, Operation Fansan Yamma, person neutralised 2 high-profile violent kingpins during an intelligence-led dawn cognition successful Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State.

This was disclosed successful a connection posted connected X by a counter-terrorism expert, Zagazola Makama, on Monday.

Zagazola stated that the cognition was conducted successful the aboriginal hours of Monday, August 31, 2026, pursuing credible quality connected the hideout of cardinal members of a violent syndicate operating successful the area.

According to him, troops engaged the terrorists with superior firepower aft making interaction with the enclave, resulting successful the neutralisation of 2 salient figures wrong the group.

He added that those killed were identified arsenic Hamisu, alias Mamiyo, a salient gunrunner and second-in-command to notorious violent commandant Kachalla Muhammadu Filani, and Umar Bocho, a high-ranking lieutenant wrong the aforesaid syndicate.

The information adept noted that the group’s leader, Kachalla Muhammadu Filani, narrowly escaped the brushwood with terrible gunshot wounds.

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