No fewer than 14 terrorists have been neutralised by troops of the One Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army during clearance operations in Kaduna and Niger states.
The troops also rescued 14 people who were kidnapped by the insurgents during the operations.
The Acting Deputy Director, Army Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt.-Col. Musa Yahaya, said this in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna.
Mr Yahaya said the troops neutralised the insurgents in continuation of the operations by 1 Division Nigerian Army, to rid the area of responsibility of violent extremists, insurgents and criminal elements.
“The highly motivated troops in coordinated offensives in Kaduna and Niger States cleared insurgents and violent extremists from several hideouts, neutralising many and making significant recoveries.
He said the troops, on December 23, 2023, set out to clear the remnant of insurgents in Niger.
The troops, he said, made contact at Madawaki in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state and neutralised two insurgents, with others fleeing with gunshot wounds, adding that the troops recovered two AK-47 rifles, two AK-47 magazines and one motorcycle.
The army spokesman also disclosed that the troops made an incursion into the camp of eliminated insurgent leader Ali Kachalla, where his foot soldiers escaped, while thirteen male kidnapped victims who were abducted by the terrorists on October 13th, 2023, were rescued.
In other operations in Kaduna, troops of One Division neutralized three terrorists at Madidaro in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area and also recovered an AK-47 rifle and other dangerous weapons.
In a similar operation at Kidandan-Yadi General Area of Birnin-Gwari on Sunday, the troops neutralized five terrorists and destroyed their camps while twelve motorcycles were recovered in the fight.
It was also a successful operation along the Maro Junction in the Kachia axis where three suspected bandits were neutralized by troops, with others escaping with gunshot wounds. A kidnapped victim, Rabiu Ahmed, was also rescued in the process.
In the same vein, the troops in the early hours of Sunday, acting on credible intelligence, ambushed terrorists at Kwanar Batero in Kaduna and neutralized one of them, and also recovered arms and ammunition during the operation.
Meanwhile, the general officer commanding the One Mechanised Division, Major General Valentine Okoro, has expressed satisfaction with the successes recorded in the operations.
He commended the troops for the feat and charged them to sustain the tempo by denying insurgents and other criminal elements in the division’s area of responsibility freedom of action.
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