Troops from the Nigerian Army killed four terrorists in ambush and raid operations in Kaduna and Katsina states.
According to Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations, the troops also foiled an attempt to kidnap the Headmaster of a primary school in Plateau State.
According to the statement, in response to solid intelligence on the use of the Gwamtu-Duduwa-Kujeni route in Kajuru Local Government of Kaduna State for the transportation of logistics to support terrorists in Rijana forest, troops staged an ambush against the terrorists, killing two.
According to the statement, in another operation, forces acting on intelligence successfully attacked a terrorist hideaway at Dutsen Kura in Katsina State’s Batsari Local Government Area, killing two terrorists following a furious exchange of gunfire.
The statement goes on to say that in another operation in Plateau State, troops reacting to a distress call thwarted a kidnapping attempt on Mr Solomon Zakka, the Headmaster of Pilot Primary School, Daffo, who was seized from his home in Maiduna Village in Plateau’s Bokkos LGA.