Troops thwart attack by terrorists, arrest suspects

Troops of the Joint Task Force ( North East) , Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), person thwarted terrorists’ onslaught and rescued victims, conscionable arsenic a 17-year-old violent comparative surrendered successful the North East. 

Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, Media Information Officer, said the terrorists which was riding connected motorcycles was rapidly detected arsenic they precocious towards the municipality from aggregate directions. 

He said troops responded swiftly with dense firepower, including mortar engagements, forcing the attackers to retreat successful disarray, adding that troops recovered ammunition and combat accessories.

In related operations, troops of OPHK successful conjunction with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) operatives arrested 2 suspected Boko Haram collaborators successful Gubio town. The suspects who are cattle rearers are presently successful custody and undergoing further investigation.

Similarly, troops, acting connected credible quality obtained from a surrendered violent associate, arrested a suspected logistics supplier identified arsenic Umar Ahmadu. The fishy reportedly confessed to supplying items to terrorists connected aggregate occasions and is presently nether interrogation. 

“Earlier, a 17-year-old household subordinate of a violent surrendered to troops on the Gwoza–Limankara axis aft escaping from a violent enclave successful t...