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Troops of 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), person stormed the Fajul Forest successful Ibi section authorities country of Taraba State to thrust retired suspected terrorists from their hideouts.
Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations of the Brigade, Lieutenant Umar Muhammad, said the dislodged terrorists person been threatening residents of Badekoshi, Fajul, Kurmi and Dampar Villages successful Ibi LGA.
According to Muhammad, the troops besides recovered arms, uniforms and motorcycle, arsenic portion of the “ongoing clearance operations carried retired nether the aegis of “Operation Lafiya Nakowa” to flush retired hibernating terrorists, bandits, and different transgression elements wrong Taraba State.”
“On 14 October 2025, troops deployed astatine Tapga Ngasawa Village nether Dampar District of Ibi Local Government Area received credible quality connected the hideouts of suspected terrorists operating astir Badekoshi, Fajul, Kurmi, and Dampar villages successful Ibi LGA.
“Acting swiftly connected the information, the troops conducted a bid of clearance operations successful the identified areas.
“During the cognition astatine Badekoshi, troops made interaction with the terrorists, forcing them to fly towards Fajul Village adjacent to the forest.
“The gallant troops pursued the fleeing criminals with superior firepower, compelling them to wantonness their positions and flight deeper into the forest,” Muhammad said.
He added that the troops besides recovered 1 AK-47 rifle, 1 AK-47 magazine, 1 circular of 7.62mm peculiar ammunition, 5 rounds of blank ammunition, 2 fragmental jackets, 2 subject camouflage uniforms and 1 Jincheng motorcycle suspected to person been stolen during a erstwhile onslaught astatine Tapga Village.
The Commander, 6 Brigade, Brigadier General Kingsley Chidiebere Uwa, commended the troops for their professionalism and resilience, urging them to prolong the ongoing momentum until each transgression elements were wholly wiped retired from Taraba State.
He expressed the continuous committedness of the Nigerian Army to ensuring the information and information of each law-abiding citizens, assuring that troops volition proceed to enactment with different information agencies and section communities to execute lasting bid successful the State.
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