TROOPS RESCUE 10 KIDNAP VICTIMS, DESTROY BANDIT'S CAMPS IN KADUNA
The air component of Operation Whirl Punch has successfully dislodged bandits/ terrorist camps following credible intelligence of their gathering around Ukambo, Chikun LGA, Kaduna state.
Similarly, the hideouts of bandits identified as Alhaji Ishiaka and Dan Rani were targeted and destroyed. Furthermore, terrorist camps in Janbirni as well as Takaura, Kuyanbana forest, and Birnin Gwari LGA were targeted and destroyed.
Following the clearance operations, ten kidnapped citizens escaped from a bandit camp.
Four victims, originally from Damari, were also rescued following the seemed reconnaissance conducted over Damari Forest in Birinin and they are identified as follows:
- Muhammadu Maitireda
- Musa Adamu
- Dahiru Garba
- Badamasi Halilu
The other six escaped citizens were identified as:
- Malam Alawiya
- Maimuna
- Adama
- Garba
- Ahmad and
- Luka.
The six were visiting Damari from a neighbouring state when they were kidnapped. All ten citizens have since been reunited with their families.
In another development, troops of Operation Forest Sanity conducted fighting patrols along the Gyam-Kuriga-Manini-Udawa-Buruku road in Birnin Gwari LGA. Contact was made with bandits around Labi Gyam. After a 25-minute exchange, the bandits withdrew from the area.
The troops dislodged the camp and confiscated one AK47 rifle, seven motorcycles, nine rounds of ammunition and one Baofeng radio charger.
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