Troops of Operation Forest Sanity of the Nigerian army have rescued three persons and recovered of arms and ammunition in Kaduna State.
Kaduna state government on Wednesday while confirming the rescue said the troops raided bandits’ den, around the Chikun-Birnin Gwari boundary and made contact with bandits who withdrew with gunshots wounds.
The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan in a statement said the troops acted on credible intelligence.
“Troops of Operation Forest Sanity carried out a raid on a bandits’ hideout, in furtherance of clearance operations in the Kuriga-Manini-Udawa general areas, along the Chikun-Birnin Gwari boundary.” he said
He said the troops acted on credible intelligence and carried out search-and-rescue operations at the hideout located around Ungwan Malam Ali where they returned fire for fire but the bandits bowed and some escaped with bullet wounds.
On raiding the camp, the troops rescued three kidnapped persons, identified as, Luka Ibrahim, Yusuf Jibril, Saminu Abdullahi,” the statement said
Aruwan said the troops recovered one AK47 rifle, eighteen rounds of ammunition, and eleven pump action cartridges.
He added that the Kaduna State Government received the operational feedback with satisfaction and commended the troops for another successful round of operations in the area, adding that the rescued citizens have been returned to their community.
