Nigerian Special Forces Capture Terrorists and Destroy Bomb Facotry
On Monday the 24th of August, a local terrorist group that goes by the name Darul Salam surrendered to the troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) during a raid in the Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
The OPWS is a full-scale military operation unit that collaborates with other security agencies to restore law and order to densely terrorized communities with their focus on Northern Nigeria.
Formed in May 2018, the OPWS draws its forces from the Army, Air force, Police, Navy, DSS, among others. On Wednesday the 26th of august, the Defense Headquarters announced that the group put a stop to the gruesome activities of the Dural Salam gang that has been a menace to the society for a long time.
The news of the gang’s surrender was made public during a statement by Mr. John Enenche, the Coordinator of the Defense Media Operations.
Mr. Enenche, a Nigerian army major general, also stated that while the OPWS were surrounding the terrorists, their operations patrol intelligence team was able to uncover a makeshift bomb-making factory used by the gang to build locally made ammunitions.
According to Mr. Enenche, the troops were able to recover several local materials used in the factory. He stated, “In the course of the operation, troops recovered several Improvised Explosive Device making materials at the location including 2 scales, 6 rocket launcher bombs, one bag of fertilizer, half a bag of gun powder, 10 locally made hand grenades, one Rocket Propelled Grenade bomb fuse, one locally made Rocket Launcher, 2 Improvised Explosive Devices, 13 Improvised rocket bombs, amongst others.”
He also stated that the terrorist camp was destroyed and several of them fled into the surrounding forests as the troops implored all measures to hunt them down.
The terrorists that were apprehended totaled 410 and they surprisingly included women and children. The gallant troops of ‘Operation Whirl Stroke’ were commended for their notable achievement by the Military High Command. They were also urged to continue curtailing the criminal activities prevalent in Northern Nigeria.
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