The Joint Task Force North West Operation Hadarin’s troops on Wednesday successfully neutralized 10 terrorists and freed nine kidnap victims, which included women and infants.
This was disclosed in a statement posted on the official Nigerian Army X handle on Thursday.
According to the statement, the clearance operations in Katsina and Zamfara states, overseen by General Officer Commanding 8 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Godwin Mutkut.
The statement partly read, “On the 3rd January 2024, the combined troops of the OPHD conducted an offensive operation in identified terrorist enclaves at Batsari and Safana LGAs of Katsina state, neutralizing 10 of the terrorists while others fled with gunshot wounds.
“The troops also recovered one AK-47 Rifle, ammunition, seven dane guns, three locally fabricated guns, and other dangerous weapons as well as communication gadgets, mobile phones and military uniforms while four motorcycles recovered and destroyed insitu.”
The statement added that in a separate operation on the same day in Zamfara State, troops of Operation Hadarin Daji conducted a search and rescue operation at Dansadau and Dandalla villages in Maru LG of the state
It read, “During the operation, nine kidnapped victims were rescued which includes; five women and four babies.
“The victims were abandoned by the terrorists who fled after a gun duel with the resilient troops. The rescued victims were immediately reunited with their families at Magami.”
