Operation Hadarin Daji, part of Joint Task Force North West, has seen the troops neutralize ten terrorists and free nine captives who were kidnapped between the states of Zamfara and Katsina.
Along with weapons and ammunition, they also found functional motorcycles and communication devices.
Cpt. Ibrahim Yahaya, the Force Information Officer, revealed this in a statement.
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Yahaya said that Maj-Gen Godwin Mutkut, the General Officer Commanding of the 8th Division of the Nigerian Army, had accomplished the feat during recent clearance operations during the dry season.
According to Yahaya, on January 3, 2024, the OPHD’s combined forces carried out an offensive operation in the Katsina State local government areas of Batsari and Safana, where they found terrorist enclaves. Ten of the terrorists were neutralized, while the remaining ones fled with gunshot wounds.
According to him, the soldiers also found one AK-47 rifle, ammunition, seven Dane guns, three locally made guns, and other potentially lethal weaponry and communication devices.
The military retrieved and destroyed four motorcycles, cell phones, and uniforms.
In a similar vein, Zamfara State troops participating in Operation Hadarin Daji carried out a search and rescue mission at Dansadau and Dandalla villages in Maru LG on the same day.
Nine kidnapped victims—including five women and four infants—were freed during the raid, he added.
Yahaya went on to say that the terrorists left the victims behind after engaging in a gunfight with the valiant soldiers.
“At Magami in Zamfara State, the rescued victims were promptly reunited with their families,” stated Yahaya.
Maj-Gen Godwin Mutkut, the commander, congratulated the soldiers on their achievements and asked them to keep up the pace.
According to PUNCH Online, soldiers from the Nigerian Army’s 1 Division, stationed in Birnin Yero in Igabi LG, Kaduna State, freed 11 villagers who had been taken hostage by bandits in the villages of Anguwan Maharba and Dandami.
But before the soldiers arrived, the bandits killed two of the kidnapped captives.
Additionally, members of Operation Hadarin Jadi eliminated terrorist encampments, neutralized a large number of them, and retrieved weapons and ammunition from the states of Zamfara and Sokoto.