The troops of Operation Forest Sanity have killed no fewer than four terrorists and recovered arms and ammunition in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen. Musa Danmadami, disclosed this via a statement issued on Tuesday.
Danmadami said the troops, on Sunday and Monday, responded to distress calls of bandits’ attacks at Rafin Sarki village in Giwa LGA of Kaduna State.
He said the troops engaged the terrorists in a gun battle, neutralised two, and recovered one AK 47 rifle from the gunmen.
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He added that the troops, on Tuesday, carried out an ambush operation at Rafin Taba village in the same Local Government Area and neutralised two terrorists.
Danmadami noted that the troops also recovered two AK 47 rifles, four AK 47 magazines, 51 (7.62mm) special ammunition, five mobile phones, one cutlass, two motorcycles, and the sum of N206,000 from the gunmen.
“The military high command commends troops of Operation Forest Sanity and encourages the general public to avail troops with credible and timely information on criminal activities,” he added.
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