The Nigerian Army says its troops deployed for Counter-terrorism operations in North East Nigeria, in collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force, have successfully intercepted a group of terrorists on transit to unleash an attack in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
This was disclosed in a post on the Army’s X account on Thursday.
According to the post, the troops on a fighting patrol near Wuro Jabbe encountered the terrorists who were on a mission to attack the community.
The post reads, “Troops engaged the terrorists in a fierce fire-fight that compelled them to succumb and abandon their firearms.
“The troops captured one PKM Machine Gun, 402 rounds of 7.62 mm x 54 NATO ammunition and 110 rounds of 7.62 mm NATO”.
It further added that the troops in a separate but related operation, intercepted 3 persons suspected of gun-running in the Sukuk Community, located in the Madagali Local Government Area of the state.
“The suspects, identified as Yakubu Musa, Marcus Ziri, and Ishakwu Kumba, were found in possession of various firearms and ammunition.
“Musa was apprehended with a locally fabricated Gun, a pistol and 59 rounds of 7.62 mm x 39 ammunition, while Kumba was arrested with two locally fabricated guns and 29 cartridges and Ziri was found with a locally made gun”, it further said.
Further investigations have revealed that Musa had previously acquired an AK-47 rifle for three hundred thousand naira, N300,000.00, from a yet to be identified individual who is currently at large.
Troops avert terrorist’s attack, intercept suspected gun runners in Adamawa