Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have arrested a suspected notorious terrorist in Kaduna State.
Security analyst, Zagazola Makama, in a publish on X on Friday, said that safety sources mentioned the suspect, recognized as Auta Maikyala, was arrested on Thursday throughout an intelligence-led operation performed by troops of Sector 1 in collaboration with operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, in Kagarko city, Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
He defined, “The suspect was reportedly apprehended at a hospital the place he had gone to hunt medical consideration for a gunshot wound sustained throughout an encounter with a rival faction.”
He defined that preliminary investigations indicated that Maikyala was allegedly concerned in a number of felony actions, together with assaults on communities, kidnapping and cattle rustling.
In a associated improvement, Makama disclosed that troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have intensified clearance operations concentrating on terrorist hideouts in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Makama said that troops performed offensive operations at Aljummu Hausa, Aljummu Fulani and Tunga Magaji villages, the place a number of terrorist hideouts had been cleared.
He disclosed that the operations had been aimed toward dismantling felony enclaves, limiting the motion of armed teams and denying terrorists secure havens throughout the operational space.
Similarly, the safety analyst identified that the Air Component of the Nigerian Air Force performed precision air interdiction operations towards recognized terrorist places suspected to be related to notorious terrorist kingpin, Dogo Gide, in Babban Doka and Kuyumbana Forest in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
He mentioned the air operations adopted credible intelligence indicating that terrorists had been assembling in the places to plan and coordinate assaults, whereas army sources mentioned troops had been sustaining dominance over the final space following the operations.
He defined that the most recent developments underscore the sustained offensive posture of Operation FANSAN YAMMA towards terrorist networks working throughout the North-West, significantly efforts to dismantle their management constructions, logistical networks and hideouts.
He added that the taskforce urged residents to proceed offering well timed and credible intelligence to safety companies to help ongoing operations and stop felony components from threatening lives and property.
