Author: Charles Akpeji

Three suspected kidnappers were apprehended in Taraba State by troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army and Sector 3 Operation WHIRL STROKE. The raid also led to the rescue of two kidnapped victims from the suspects’ hideouts at Adamu Katibu mountain in Lau Local Government Council. The captured suspects named as Haruna Buba, Hassan Kakale, and Hussaini Kakale, belong to a notorious gang in the region. A gunfight ensued during the arrest, compelling the gang to abandon their hostages for fleeing. The rescued victims, Hauwa’u Alh Umaru and Asma’u Alh Umaru, who were abducted on 7 July 2024, have been…

The 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation WHIRL STROKE (OPWS) successfully neutralized a terrorist camp in Taraba State’s Ikiyayo Forest in Wukari Local Government Council. Acting on credible intelligence, the Army personnel raided and destroyed the hideout, engaging the terrorists in a fierce gunfight resulting in one terrorist being neutralized. The troops recovered rifles, magazines, and ammunition from the camp. The operation, conducted by the brave troops of 93 Battalion Sub-Sector 3B OPWS, aimed at targeting terrorist hideouts and camps, resulting in the destruction of multiple planning and execution camps used by the terrorists. The recovered items include an AK-47…