LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Seven people who were kidnapped by bandits in Birnin Gwari and Chikun local government areas of Kaduna State, have been rescued by Troops of Operation Forest Sanity.
The names of the rescued victims are, Joseph Ishaku, John Bulus, Gloria Shedrack, and her four children: Jimre Shedrack, Jonathan Shedrack Angelina Shedrack, and Abigail Shedrack.
The victims were rescued during a military operation.
The Kaduna Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, released the names of the victims.
According to Aruwan, the troops came under fire from bandits while on patrol along the Birnin Gwari-Gayam-Kuriga-Manini axis.
He said that they, however, returned fire and promptly subdued the bandits, who fled into the forests, leaving behind the captives in their custody.
