Nigerian Troops

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.

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