Nigeria, May 30 -- Troops of Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have rescued 31 kidnapped victims, killed five terrorists, and destroyed several terrorist hideouts in a series of coordinated operations across Zamfara and Katsina states.

This is contained in s statement by Lieutenant Colonel Olaniyi Osoba, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 8 Division Nigerian Army and Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA.

According to the statement, the most significant breakthrough came in Zamfara State, where troops freed 31 abductees along the Bagega-Kawaye axis in Anka Local Government Area following a precision airstrike by the Air Component of Operation FANSAN YAMMA and a subsequent ground assault on terrorist enclaves west of the Bagega F...