Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu stormed Illela Barracks Saturday, charging 248 Reconnaissance Battalion (under 8 Division/Operation FANSAN YAMMA) to keep the pedal down – decisively wiping bandits and ISWAP thugs from Sokoto’s blood-soaked Northwest corridor after U.S. Tomahawk strikes lit up the zone.
Per Acting Army PR Col. Appolonia Anele, Shaibu saluted their “gallantry and resilience” crushing criminals behind massacres, kidnaps, and rustling: “Your ops improved security – now annihilate them fully, send terrorists to their maker! No more tolerating attacks on Nigerians.” This amps post-Trump momentum where joint intel nabbed foreign fighters fueling local hell (200+ Christians killed in Sokoto 2025).
Welfare lock-in: COAS ordered new housing, clinics, and facilities at Illela – frontline boost echoing Tinubu’s Renewed Hope push, where motivated troops (post A-29 jets, welfare hikes) degraded bandit camps 40% YOY per recent briefs. Illela’s border hotspot role vs. Niger Sahel spillover demands this fire!
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