{"id":55334,"date":"2024-10-23T19:08:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T19:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-recover-weapons-rescue-hostages-in-north-west\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T19:08:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T19:08:43","slug":"troops-recover-weapons-rescue-hostages-in-north-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-recover-weapons-rescue-hostages-in-north-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops recover weapons, rescue hostages in North West"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Nigerian Army said troops deployed across various parts of Zamfara and Katsina states, acting on intelligence, successfully intercepted and thwarted terrorists\u2019 activities, recovered weapons and rescued hostages.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement posted on its WhatsApp and Instagram account.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, troops in Zamfara State on October 1 responded to a road blockade by terrorists along the Jambako-Faru Road in Maradun Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>A fierce gunfight ensued, forcing the terrorists to flee, abandoning an AK-47 rifle loaded with 7.62mm (special) ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>In another encounter at Gidan Isa village in Isa Local Government Area, troops in a shootout overwhelmed terrorists trying to cross the Marnona-Gudunmi-Isa Road.<\/p>\n<p>After the clash, troops recovered a significant quantity of ammunition, including 297 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO) rounds, 23 rounds of 7.62mm (special) ammunition, two AK-47 rifle magazines, a motorcycle and a mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added: \u201cIn another operation in Katsina State, troops responded to an attack on Damari village in Dandume Local Government Area, where terrorists had abducted three women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a swift pursuit, all the victims were successfully rescued and reunited with their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Troops recover weapons, rescue hostages in North West<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Army said troops deployed across various parts of Zamfara and Katsina states, acting on intelligence, successfully intercepted and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[384,15,14357,1314],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro","category-news","category-north-west","category-troops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}