The warlords were behind the coordination of movement and exchange of kidnapped victims within camps in the Zamfara/Katsina axis.
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The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Friday.
Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations of the Division, Lieutenant Colonel Musa Yahaya, said this.
According to Oya, the suspects were arrested during separate operations in various locations within its areas of responsibility.
The Nigerian Army says the troops of the 8 Division Garrison on Tuesday neutralised several terrorists in a discreet operation at Tukandu Village in Sokoto State.
There was pandemonium at Minna, Niger State capital, when a suspected member of Boko Haram sect engaged security operatives in a gun duel in the wee hours of Tuesday, reports Daily Trust.
The Nigerian Army says its troops have sustained aggressive operations to rid the nation of terrorists, insurgents and other criminals across the country.
Troops of the Nigerian Army have captured two locally made Artillery Projectile Launchers from the camp of the Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed wing, Eastern Security Network, in Anambra State.
Troops of the Operation Hadarin Daji of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with the operative of the Zamfara Police Command have rescued the four kidnapped students of the Federal University Gusau (FUGUS).
The troops of Joint Task Force South-East Operation, code-named ‘Operation UDO KA II’, have conducted clearance operations in the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its Eastern Security Network (ESN) affiliates hideouts in two council areas in Imo.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered an investigation into the allegation of poor feeding of frontline troops in the North East theatre of operations.
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) arrested 12 suspects in connection with the alleged murder of a herdsman in Plateau.
Troops of the Joint Task Force, South East, code-named Operation UDO KA II, has cleared four notorious camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed affiliates, Eastern Security Network, in Imo State.
Army headquarters has dismissed reports of corruption and diversion of troops’ Ration Cash Allowance (RCA), allegedly made by troops providing security for Chinese nationals working on the Zungeru Hydroelectricity Dam project in Niger.
Operatives of the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadarin-Daji, have rescued six female students of Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara, abducted in the early hours of Friday.
Troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) in synergy with personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has continued to crack down on saboteurs of Nigeria’s oil sector in Southern Nigeria.
The Nigeria Army on Wednesday confirmed it cracked down on illegal refineries in Imo and Delta State with the seizure of several litres of illegally refined petroleum products.
The troops of 144 Battalion have successfully rescued 25 hostages held captive by the Boko Haram terrorists.
Troops of 34 Artillery Brigade, operating in 82 Division Nigerian Army, Area of Responsibility have foiled an attack by Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) on its Forward Operating Base at Ukwuorji, along Owerri – Onitsha expressway.
Troops of Operation Safe Haven, a Special Military Task Force maintaining peace in Plateau State and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna States, have killed two suspected armed robbers in Amere-Ududu, Tudun Wada community in Southern Kaduna.