A statement by the army said the operation targeted identified terrorist hideouts in the Birnin Gwari general area.
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The Force Commander, Major General Ibrahim Ali, said this at a news conference in Maiduguri, Borno State on Tuesday.
This development was disclosed by the Nigerian Army in a post on its X handle on Tuesday.
The Spokesman of the joint task force, Lt. Col Abubakar Abdullahi made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday.
The Nigerian Army confirmed the development in a post on its X handle on Friday, adding that one Soldier died.
The warlords were behind the coordination of movement and exchange of kidnapped victims within camps in the Zamfara/Katsina axis.
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.