Moving against terrorism, troops of the Nigerian Army have eliminated four terrorists in ambush and carried out raid operations in Kaduna and Katsina states.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu.
The troops, he said, also foiled a kidnap attempt on the Headmaster of a primary school in Plateau State.
According to the statement, responding to credible intelligence, on the use of Gwamtu – Duduwa-Kujeni route in Kajuru Local Government of Kaduna State for movement of logistics to support terrorists in Rijana forest, troops staged an ambush against the terrorists, eliminating two of them.
The statement added that in another operation, troops acting on intelligence successfully raided a terrorists’ hideout at Dutsen Kura in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, where they neutralized two terrorists, after a fierce exchange of firearms.
It further said that in another operation in Plateau State, troops responding to a distress repelled a kidnap attempt on one Mr Solomon Zakka, the Headmaster of Pilot Primary School, Daffo, who was kidnapped from his residence at Maiduna Village in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau.
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