Two terrorists have been neutralized and thirty-five rescued by the troops of Joint Task Force North West Operation HADARIN DAJI (OPHD) in Katsina State, North West.
In a search and rescue operation on the 27th of January 2024, the troops through well-coordinated efforts identified terrorist camps at Dumburum forest.
According to Yahaya Ibrahim, the Information Officer of the Operation on Tuesday, the troops encountered the terrorists and neutralized two while others escaped with severe gunshot wounds.
The rescued victims include 19 males, 12 females as well as 4 children and were immediately handed over to the Katsina State Government by the Commander 17 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 2 Operation HADARIN DAJI, Brigadier General OA Fadairo, who pledged to continue the attack on the terrorist enclaves.