Troops Kill 6 Terrorists, Rescue 33 Captives In Sambisa

By: Zagazola Makama

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai Theater Command, in continuation of their decisive offensive aimed at clearing Sambisa Forest of terrorists remnants, have killed six terrorists and rescued 33 persons from terrorists captivity.

The rescued captives comprised one male adult, three female adults and 29 children.

Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the combined troops of 21 Armored Brigade and Special Forces, assisted by Hybrid Force/CJTF, unleashing the offensive under the Operation Desert Sanity III, achieved the spectacular victory on May 29, 2024 when they invaded the Boko Haram/ISWAP enclaves of Parisu and Aulari in the Forest.

Contact was made with the terrorists which resulted in heavy gun battle. The troops overwhelmed the terrorists and nutrialised them instantly while others escaped with bullet wounds.

The troops also recovered sundry weapons used by the fleeing terrorists, including AK 47 rifle.

Troops Kill 6 Terrorists, Rescue 33 Captives In Sambisa

Niger Troops Arrests Wanted Nigerian Bandit Leader – Kachalla Baleri

By: Zagazola Makama

The Niger Republic troops of Operation_Faraoutar Bushiya have arrested the notorious armed bandit, KACHALLA BALERI.

He was apprehended on Tuesday, May 28 at Rouga Kowa Gwani in Guidan_Roumdji commune and department.

Baleri, originally from Shinkafi in Katsina state has been terrorising the residents of the North West of Zamfara, Sokoto and Maradi region in Niger Republic.

He has perpetrated large scale killings, abduction and has placed lavies of communities in the North West.

He was righthand man of the notorious Kachalla Bello Turji. and he was ranked no 40th most wanted person in Nigeria by the Nigerian Army.

According to the chief of the tactical staff of operation Faraoutar Bushiya, Colonel Mohamed Almoctar Seydou Niandou, Balleri was apprehended at about 1pm, during its clearance Operation, 10km east of Tankama, while meeting with his men and planning attacks in Nigeria and Niger.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony of the criminals, the Governor of the region CGP Issoufou Mamane and the Prosecutor of the Republic Adamou Abdou Adam hailed and encouraged the professionalism and commitment of the SDFs deployed on the group.

Niger Troops Arrests Wanted Nigerian Bandit Leader – Kachalla Baleri

NDLEA smashes 2 drug cartels, recovers multi-billion-naira cocaine, fentanyl consignments

By: Michael Mike

A married couple cocaine trafficking cartel has been smashed by the operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

A statement on Tuesday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi said multi-billion-naira worth of illicit drug were recovered in two major operations following the arrest of Bolanle Dauda and Olayinka Dauda, the kingpin and the queen of the cartel.

He revealed that the intelligence led operations led to the smashing of the cartel which scope of operations spread across Lagos and Ogun States.

He disclosed that the duo were arrested last Saturday by operatives of a special operation unit in NDLEA with the support of Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States at Ibiye, along Lagos-Badagry expressway while attempting to cross the land border to deliver the consignment in Ghana.

He said at the point of their arrest, 42 blocks of the Class A drug weighing 47.5 kilogrammes were found on them, adding that a swift follow up operation in their residence at Plot 24/25 OPIC extension, Petedo road, Agbara, Ogun state, led to the recovery of additional eight blocks of the same drug weighing 10 kilogrammes, bringing the total weight of the cocaine seized from the couple to 57.5 kilogrammes.

Babafemi said in another raid by the special operation unit, no fewer than 1,100 ampoules of lethal synthetic opioid, fentanyl, weighing 6.48 kilogrammes were recovered from a member of a drug trafficking syndicate, 34-year-old Ikeh Ifeanyi at the popular Idumota market in Lagos Island.

He said no less than 790 ampoules of the dangerous opioid weighing 5.273 kilogrammes were equally seized from another member of the fentanyl syndicate, 48-year-old Chieze Benjamin who was also arrested at Idumota market. He noted that fentanyl, a lethal synthetic opioid, which is 100 times more potent than heroin is currently responsible for over 70% overdose deaths as well as a major contributor to fatal and nonfatal overdoses in the United States.

Babafemi disclosed that two other persons: Olayiwola Kazeem, 37, and Ogunfowora Ajibola, 35, were arrested on Lagos Island in a different raid by NDLEA officers with 432 grammes of methamphetamine recovered from them.

He said at the Tincan port in Lagos, NDLEA operatives last Saturday intercepted 15 parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis weighing 7.5 kilogrammes concealed in the doors and body crevices of a Toyota Highlander SUV in a container marked MSMU 7294325, which was declared as containing three units of used vehicles including the Toyota Highlander originated from Toronto and shipped to Nigeria via Montreal, Canada.

H noted that a swift follow up operation led to the arrest of two suspects: Sunday Sodade and Oriyomi Adesina, who were to receive the vehicle and the drug consignment, adding that a bribe of six million naira offered NDLEA officers by the sender of the container based in Canada through his agent has also been registered as exhibit for the prosecution of the case.

Reacting to the arrest of the drug kingpins and the seizure of the dangerous illicit drugs, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the officers and men of the special operation unit for their resilience in targeting and taking down drug cartels and barons. He equally praised the result-oriented collaboration between NDLEA and its local and international partners, urging all commands and formations of the agency to remain unrelenting in their offensive action against the drug underworld.

NDLEA smashes 2 drug cartels, recovers multi-billion-naira cocaine, fentanyl consignments