The operation, conducted on November 9, 2026, followed credible intelligence on the activities of terrorists in Abaha and Sabon Wuri villages in the local government area.
The operations, conducted by troops of Operation ENDURING PEACE (OPEP) and the 33 Artillery Brigade, also resulted in the recovery of an AK-47 rifle, ammunition, motorcycles, communication equipment, fuel, camouflage uniforms and other logistics used by the criminal groups.
The operations took place on Nov. 3 in the Danko general area and in Sabon Tunga and Binoni villages in the Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of the state.
Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force, North West Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have crushed an attack by members of the Lakurawa terrorist group on Forward Operating Base Maiyama in Kebbi State.
The rescue in Imo came after suspected kidnappers intercepted two commercial buses conveying prospective corps members and other passengers along the Onitsha-Owerri Road in the early hours of Thursday.
The operation, carried out in the early hours of Thursday, September 3, followed credible intelligence received by the troops at about 12:30am on the location of the suspected bandit's hideout.
A statement signed on Monday by Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Brigade Nigerian Army, Gusau, Captain Yusuf Mohammed, disclosed that the troops, operating under the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, intercepted the suspects on a Golf Wagon with registration number BMJ-143AA, during a stop-and-search operation along the Kauran Namoda–Shinkafi Road on Sunday.
Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have rescued 10 civilians in separate operations across Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States, as security forces intensify pressure on terrorist elements operating in the North-West.
In Sokoto, troops engaged terrorists who ambushed them...
Nigerian Army troops have foiled a suspected planned attack on Mwar Community in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State following intelligence of an imminent assault by suspected bandit militias.
The operation followed reports of cattle rustling allegedly...
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of a marriage that has lasted over 43 years, ruling that lack of love and mutual respect between spouses does not, on its own, constitute sufficient legal grounds for divorce.
