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 put up on X on Friday, acknowledged that safety sources stated 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 where he had gone to seek medical attention for a gunshot wound sustained during 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 growth, Makama disclosed that troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have intensified clearance operations focusing on terrorist hideouts in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Makama acknowledged 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 geared toward dismantling felony enclaves, proscribing the motion of armed teams and denying terrorists protected 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 stated the air operations adopted credible intelligence indicating that terrorists had been assembling in the places to plan and coordinate assaults, whereas navy sources stated troops had been sustaining dominance over the overall space following the operations.
He defined that the newest developments underscore the sustained offensive posture of Operation FANSAN YAMMA towards terrorist networks working throughout the North-West, notably efforts to dismantle their management buildings, logistical networks and hideouts.
He added that the taskforce urged residents to proceed offering well timed and credible intelligence to safety companies to assist ongoing operations and forestall felony components from threatening lives and property.
