According to the reports, the troops of the Fansan Yanma operation have ambushed a notorious leader of bandits, Ibrahim Kaboni, along with eight of his combatants on the outskirts of Tsafe, near the village of Keta in the area of the local government of Tsafe in the state of Zamfara.
Zagazola Makama, an expert in counterinsurgency centered in the Lake Chad region, revealed this in a position in his mango x on Thursday.
Makama said that intelligence sources told him that the ambush occurred during the ongoing operations led by the 1 Brigade troops in the afternoon of April 16, 2025.
According to the report, the operation was carried out by a joint team of military agencies and other security agencies after sustained surveillance on the movement of the armed group.
The security expert declared that the source revealed that the ambush led to a great exchange of shooting.
“The troops chased the bandit while they fled under intense fire, which resulted in the neutralization of the bandit Kingpin, along with their men, while others fled with gunshot wounds.
“Ibrahim Kaboni has been in the security observation list for its supposed role in several mortal attacks, kidnappings and Surro incidents in the areas of Tsafe and neighbors,” Makama said.