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The Nigerian Army has said that its troops person arrested a wanted notorious insurgent person identified arsenic Idris Idris (a.k.a Babawo Badoo), alongside 37 different transgression suspects.
The Nigerian Army, successful a connection connected its societal media grip connected Thursday, besides said ain troops during the coordinated operations crossed the state rescued 15 kidnap victims, neutralised 2 terrorists and recovered assorted weapons, ammunition and logistics items.
The connection said the high-profile suspect, Babawo Badoo, was arrested connected October 20, 2025, by troops of Operation ENDURING PEACE astatine Lugere Village successful Barkin Ladi section authorities country of Plateau State.
According to the statement, the troops, acting connected credible intelligence, apprehended the fishy and recovered 1 AK-47 rifle, a mag loaded with 10 rounds of 7.62mm peculiar ammunition, a mobile phone, and the sum of ₦12,000.
“The palmy cognition dealt a large stroke to the web of convulsive extremists operating successful the North-Central region,” it said.
In a related development, troops of Sector 1, Operation ENDURING PEACE, successful collaboration with the Nigerian Police and Civilian Joint Task Force, raided a suspected transgression hideout astatine Saya Village successful Bassa section authorities country of Plateau State wherever 19 suspects were arrested, undergoing further investigation.
Meanwhile, successful the North-East, troops of Operation HADIN KAI successful collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS), apprehended an ISWAP/JAS violent informant and ransom collector astatine the Customs IDP Camp successful Jere section authorities country of Borno State.
Similarly, troops ambushed and neutralised 2 terrorists astatine Ngirbuwa Village successful Gujba section authorities country of the State, recovered 1 AK-47 firearm with 3 magazines.
In further operations, troops besides arrested six suspected violent collaborators and logistics suppliers successful Borno and Yobe States.
Items recovered from the suspects included 33 petrol-filled with 25 litres of jerry cans, nutrient items, mobile phones and recognition cards belonging to the Lake Chad Fishermen Association, utilized to conceal their transgression activities.
“Troops besides rescued respective victims who escaped from violent enclaves pursuing an aggravated Military bombardment successful Kukawa section authorities country of Borno State,” it added.
In the aforesaid vein, troops of Operations Whirl Stroke and Enduring Peace successful Benue, Nasarawa, and Kaduna States, successful an intensified clearance operations, arrested respective convulsive extremist informants and recovered locally fabricated weapons.
In Imo State, troops of 34 Artillery Brigade apprehended a suspected IPOB/ESN subordinate successful possession of a locally made pistol and unrecorded cartridges, portion 7 Guards Battalion troops successful the Federal Capital Territory intercepted 5 amerciable immigrants of Chadian, Cameroonian and Nigerien origins.
Troops besides rescued 4 kidnap victims successful Edu section authorities country of Kwara State, 5 successful Dan Musa section authorities country of Katsina State and different during a swift effect to a distress telephone successful Barkin Ladi section authorities country of Plateau State.
Furthermore, successful Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi State, troops rescued 2 injured civilians attacked by unidentified criminals and evacuated them to a adjacent hospital.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, upon being briefed connected the developments, commended the troops’ resilience, operational ratio and dedication.
He further urged them to prolong the momentum successful the ongoing efforts to escaped the federation of each forms of criminality.
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