Troops of the Joint Task Force North-West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have recovered N5.3 million and military accoutrements during separate operations against terrorists in Zamfara State.
The operations, conducted on Friday, also led to the arrest of two suspected terrorist collaborators, recovery of motorcycles and the clearance of an improvised explosive device (IED) from a major road.
In a statement on Saturday, Aliyu Danja, media information officer of the task force, said troops of Sector 2, alongside a police explosive ordnance disposal team, responded to a report of a suspected IED near Jabanda village in Zurmi LGA.
Danja said the team located and cleared the device, scanned the road and reopened it to motorists after it was declared safe.
“Returning from the operation, the troops encountered terrorists at Birnin Tsaba village, Birnin Magaji Local Government Area, and engaged them, forcing a withdrawal into the bush,” the
