Troops of the Joint Task Force North-West, Operation Fansan Yamma, have disrupted terrorist activities in separate operations across Zamfara State, recovering military accoutrements, motorcycles and over N5.3m in cash.
The operations, conducted on Friday, also involved the clearance of an Improvised Explosive Device reportedly planted near Jabanda village in Zurmi Local Government Area.
In a statement on Saturday, the JTF Media Information Officer, Lt Col Aliyu Danja, said troops of Sector 2, working with a Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, responded to a report of a suspected IED near the village.
Danja said the team located and cleared the device, scanned the road and declared it safe before reopening it to motorists.
He said the troops, while returning from the operation, encountered terrorists at Birnin Tsaba village in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area and engaged them, forcing them to withdraw into the bush.
