Troops foil fresh attacks in Plateau, seize weapons, motorcycle

By Marie-Therese Nanlong

Jos – Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 3 Division and the Joint Task Force, Operation Enduring Peace (JTF OPEP), person intensified operations to curb bandit activities successful Plateau State, neutralizing a suspected bandit and recovering arms and different items during caller raids.

According to a connection by Major Samson Zhakom, Media Information Officer of JTF OPEP, the latest cognition was carried retired connected Tuesday.

“Acting connected credible intelligence, troops launched an ambush on routes starring to the Odare Forest astatine Dutsen Zaki successful Wase Local Government Area (LGA). The soldiers intercepted bandits travelling connected motorcycles and engaged them successful a little firefight.

“One bandit was killed portion others escaped into the dense wood with gunshot wounds. Troops recovered a motorcycle, 2 mobile phones, a machete, and charms abandoned by the fleeing assailants. All recovered items are present successful subject custody for further probe and action,” helium stated.

In a abstracted offensive, troops besides acting connected quality astir bandit movements targeted cardinal crossing points astir Garga, Showaka, Yuli, and Kukawa villages spanning Wase and Kanam LGAs connected Monday encountered the equipped bandits.

Zhakom added, “Troops dealt decisively with them done superior firepower and professionalism, forcing the criminals to retreat successful disarray.

During the expanse of the area, the troops recovered a G3 rifle, a G3 magazine, and 3 rounds of 7.62mm NATO ammunition. These weapons person besides been secured arsenic evidence.”

The service maintained the duplicate operations signifier portion of its ongoing ngo to contradict bandits state of question and to dismantle transgression networks threatening communities successful the State.

Major Zhakom emphasized that the troops stay committed to ensuring that “bandits and transgression elements are wholly neutralized and denied immoderate state of operation.”

Operation Enduring Peace was launched to tackle convulsive crime, reconstruct instrumentality and order, and support civilians successful Plateau and neighbouring States.

The Nigerian Army reaffirmed its resoluteness to prolong unit connected transgression elements until bid and information are afloat restored crossed Plateau State’s troubled regions.

He urged residents to enactment the subject by providing timely and close accusation astir suspicious activities successful their areas, assuring the nationalist that each study volition beryllium treated with utmost confidentiality.

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