Troops in search for notorious terrorist

Troops of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu has been ordered to bring in alive a notorious terrorist, Tawase Agwaza, known as Gana.Troops of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division in the state issued the order during his operational visit to the Battalion Area of Responsibility in Taraba, as stated by Director Army Public Relations, Col Sagir Musa, in Awka on Thursday.The GOC said his visit was in response to criminal activities of bandits, armed robbers, kidnappers, cattle rustlers and communal clashes among others being committed within his command.“We must intensify our efforts to ensure predominance of peace and security in the areas within the unit,’’ he said.He thanked the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai for his support to the soldiers “for the good work you are doing here”.“Your hard work and successes are well known to us, we are solidly behind you, because you have done Taraba and Nigeria proud.“Your success in the recently conducted operation is commendable and I strongly order you to maintain the momentum.“However, to cap it all, you must capture the fleeing bandit, the terror kingpin, Tawase Agwaza,” the GOC said.He remarked on how some troops of the 93 Battalion and 72 Special Forces Battalion succeeded when they coordinated an operation with other security agencies on April 3 following a tip off.The outcome of raid led to some criminal hideouts in a Farm Gbise village close to Taraba and Benue, where lethal weapons, including 3 x AK 47 Rifles with 139 magazines were recovered.Some 3 x FN Rifles with 12 magazines; 1 x G3 Rifle with 6 magazines; 1 x G3 machine gun and 1 x sub machine gun with 3 magazine were uncovered.This list of exhibit also included 1 x Mark4 Rifle with 3 magazines; 5x Single Barrel Gun; 2 x locally made double barrel pistols; 5 x locally made revolver pistols and 2 x locally made single barrel pistols.3 x 36 hand grenade; 12 x tear gas canisters; 535 rounds of 7.62 mm NATO ammunition; 463 x rounds of 7.62 mm special ammunition and 27 x 9 mm rounds of ammunition and 99 x 5.56 mm rounds of ammunition; 1 x 12.7 mm round of ammunition and 527 x cartridges.