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Troops of Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA have rescued 48 kidnap victims following a swift response to a terrorist attack on Magami village, Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, in the early hours of Sunday, 26 July 2026.
This is contained in a statement by the Media Information Officer
Joint Task Force (North West) Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Lt-Col Aliyu Danja, on Sunday.
Danja said the operation was launched after troops of Sector 2 received a distress call indicating that a large group of terrorists, riding about 40 motorcycles, had invaded the community.
According to him, the terrorists rounded up numerous residents with the intention of taking them into the bush, while another group remained at the outskirts of the village with the motorcycles.
He added that on arrival at the scene, the troops immediately engaged the terrorists in a fierce…
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