Troops foil terrorist attacks, rescue abductees in Sokoto, Katsina

Troops of Sector 2, Operation Fansan Yamma, have neutralised armed terrorists, foiled a kidnapping attempt and recovered arms and rustled livestock in Sokoto and Katsina states.
The Media Information Officer of the Joint Task Force (North-West), Operation Fansan Yamma, Lt.-Col. Aliyu Danja, disclosed this in a statement issued yesterday in Sokoto.
According to him, the first operation occurred on June 21 when armed terrorists attempted to infiltrate Tureta town in Sokoto State.
Danja said that acting on actionable intelligence, vigilant troops engaged the criminals, forcing them to abandon their mission and flee.
“Following this initial encounter, aerial surveillance tracked the f...