Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have rescued seven kidnapped persons including a mother and her children during a fighting patrol spanning Birnin Gwari and Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna state.
The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, said the troops came under fire from bandits while on patrol along the Birnin Gwari-Gayam-Kuriga-Manini axis.
The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, said the troops came under fire from bandits while on patrol along the Birnin Gwari-Gayam-Kuriga-Manini axis.
The troops returned fire and promptly subdued the bandits, who fled into the forests, leaving behind the captives in their custody.
The troops then rescued the seven victims, who are identified as follows: Joseph Ishaku, John Bulus, Gloria Shedrack and her four children; Jimre Shedrack, Jonathan Shedrack, Angelina Shedrack, Abigail Shedrack.
The Government of Kaduna State commended the troops and thanked them for their brave efforts in rescuing the victims.
The seven victims have been reunited with their families.
A very good applaud to the military operators for their brevity,and an excellent work well done .
It is indeed a job well done .....and this is a kind of outcome that are expecting from our military force operator's.
