Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) and Benue State Civil Protection Guard, have foiled a terrorist attack at Tor Donga Yam Market in Benue State.
The troops also naturalised two suspects and recovered arms and ammunition.
The Force Commander, OPWS, Maj.-Gen. Moses Gara, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Makurdi by the Acting Media Information Officer of the Joint Task Force, Lt. Ahmad Zubairu.
Gara said the troops responded swiftly to a distress call while conducting fighting and confidence-building patrols around the market.
He said the troops engaged the attackers in a fierce gun battle, neutralising two suspected terrorists identified as Dantaraba and Golozo.
