Troops arrest infamous terrorist in Kaduna, strike Dogo Gide’s community in Zamfara

Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have arrested a suspected infamous terrorist in Kaduna State.

Security analyst, Zagazola Makama, in a publish on X on Friday, said 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 legal 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 focusing 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 legal 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 infamous 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 within the places to plan and coordinate assaults, whereas army sources stated troops had been sustaining dominance over the overall 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 buildings, logistical networks and hideouts.

He added that the taskforce urged residents to proceed offering well timed and credible intelligence to safety businesses to help ongoing operations and forestall legal parts from threatening lives and property.