Troops of Sector 2, Operation Fansan Yamma, have neutralised two high-profile terrorist kingpins during an intelligence-led dawn operation in Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the operation was conducted in the early hours of Monday, Aug. 31, following credible intelligence on the hideout of key members of a terrorist syndicate operating in the area.
The troops reportedly engaged the terrorists with superior firepower after making contact with the enclave, resulting in the neutralisation of two prominent figures within the group.
Those killed were identified as Hamisu, alias Mamiyo, a prominent gunrunner and second-in-command to notorious terrorist commander Kachalla Muhammadu Filani, and Umar Bocho, a high-ranking lieutenant within the same syndicate.
Sources said the group’s leader, Kachalla Muhammadu Filani, narrowly escaped the encounter with severe gunshot wounds.
