Troops of I Division Nigerian Army have neutralised one terrorist and also recovered four

AK-47 magazines in Kaduna State.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Acting Deputy Director of Army Public

Relations of I Division Nigerian Army, Lt.-Col. Musa Yahaya on Monday.

Yahaya said that four AK-47 magazines (three fully loaded with total quantity 60 x 7.62mm

Special ammunition and one empty magazine), a PKT belt with 86 rounds of ammunition,

two motorcycles (one of which was destroyed), a Techno mobile phone, a Baofeng

Handheld Radio, and an Airtel recharge card worth N5,000 were recovered.

He said the General Officer Commanding, I Division and Commander of ”Operation WHIRL

PUNCH” Maj.-Gen. Mayirenso Saraso commended the troops for the successful operation.

He also charged them to redouble their efforts as well as make life unbearable for all

terrorists, insurgents and their collaborators in the Division’s Area of Responsibility.

He commended the good people of Kaduna, Kano, Niger and Jigawa States for their

continuous cooperation. He also urged them to always make good use of the division’s Toll

Free Line to communicate actionable intelligence and information that will further assist the

Division and other security agencies to project offensive operations against the criminal

elements.