Onyema Nwachukwu, who made this known in a statement issued on Saturday said that troops also foiled a kidnap attempt on the headmaster of a primary school in Plateau State.
The Nigerian Army has said that its troops on Friday killed four terrorists in an ambush and raid operations conducted in Kaduna and Katsina states.
The Director Army Public Relations, Major General
Onyema Nwachukwu, who made this known in a statement issued on Saturday said that troops also foiled a kidnap attempt on the headmaster of a primary school in Plateau State.
Nwachukwu said that the troops while responding to credible intelligence on the use of Gwamtu-Duduwa-Kujeni route in the Kajuru Local Government of Kaduna State for movement of logistics to support terrorists in Rijana forest, staged an ambush against the terrorists, killing two of them.
He said that in the operation, the troops recovered two AK-47 Rifles, two AK-47 Magazines, four rounds of 7.62mm (Special) and PKGM link belt.
Nwachukwu said that other items recovered include one recoiling spring, two motorbikes, camouflage jungle hat, packs of tobacco and fetish amulets.
Similarly, he said that troops acting on actionable intelligence raided a terrorists' hideout at Dutsen Kura in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, where they killed two terrorists, after a fierce exchange of fire.
The troops recovered one 81mm Mortal bomb, three Baofeng Radios, one empty PKT Gun ammunition box/links, four Bandoliers, two motorbikes, four pairs of military woodland camouflage and one ballistic helmet from the terrorists' den.
In another operation in Plateau State, troops responding to a distress call swiftly repelled a kidnap attempt on one Mr Solomon Zakka, the Headmaster of Pilot Primary School, Daffo, who was kidnapped from his residence at Maiduna Village in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau.
“On being alerted, the vigilant troops pursued and engaged the kidnappers in a firefight, forcing them to relinquish their abductee.
“The Nigerian Army remains highly appreciative of the support and cooperation of the public. We urge all well meaning Nigerians not to relent, but to continue to collaborate with the Nigerian Army in the ongoing operations across the country,” Nwachukwu stated.