ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Three victims have been rescued by troops of Operation Forest Sanity, during a raid on a bandits’ hideout around Kuriga-Manini-Udawa general areas, along the Chikun-Birnin Gwari boundary of Kaduna State.
This was confirmed by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Homes Affairs, Samuel Aruwan.
Aruwan in a statement issued on Wednesday, said the troops acting on credible intelligence carried out search-and-rescue operations at the hideout located around Ungwan Malam Ali.
According to him: “On raiding the camp, the troops rescued three kidnapped persons, identified as Luka Ibrahim, Yusuf Jibril and Saminu Abdullahi.
“The troops recovered one AK47 rifle, 18 rounds of ammunition, and 11 pump action cartridges.”
He said the victims had been returned to their community while the troops would continue to carry out operations in the general areas.
The same troops had on Tuesday, freed a mother, her four children, and two adults from the forest around Chikun and Birnin Gwari area of the state.