Troops of 8 Division Garrison on Tuesday launched a carefully planned offensive operation into Tukandu Village, targeting a notorious group of terrorists, responsible for various atrocious and heinous activities in the general area of Sokoto State.
The troops’ fierce onslaught terminated many of the terrorists, while others fled with gunshot wounds. In the following mop up operations, troops recovered three AK-47 Rifles, one PKT Gun, 125 rounds of 7.62 mm Special ammunition, 2 Rocket propelled Gun Bombs and 9 motorcycles.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TAOREED LAGBAJA lauded the troops and charged them to remain resolute and continue to escalate their operations against the terrorists to decimate and deny them the freedom of action.
24 October 2023