Plateau: Troops foil fresh attack on NIPSS, recover rifle stolen from fallen soldier

Troops of Operation Enduring Peace, OPEP, person neutralised a suspected Berom militia subordinate during a failed onslaught connected the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, successful Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State.

The troops besides recovered a work firearm allegedly stolen from a worker killed successful an earlier attack.
The improvement was contained successful a station shared connected Thursday by information expert and counter-insurgency adept Zagazola Makama via his X handle.

According to quality sources cited by Makama, the onslaught occurred astatine astir 12:10 a.m. connected July 2 erstwhile suspected equipped militia members attempted to breach the information perimeter of the strategical instauration nether the screen of darkness.

Troops of Sector 6 deployed to support the installation reportedly responded swiftly, engaging the attackers successful a weapon battle.

During the speech of fire, 1 of the suspected attackers was killed, portion others fled towards the rocky terrain down the institute.

A hunt conducted connected the neutralised fishy led to the betterment of a work firearm bearing registration fig CO-3175, which subject authorities reportedly identified arsenic belonging to a worker killed during an onslaught connected troops astatine the Federal College of Land Resources Technology, Vom, connected April 11, 2026.

The recovered rifle, loaded with 16 rounds of 7.62mm peculiar ammunition, has been ta...