Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have rescued nine kidnapped persons during a raid on kidnappers’ den in Kaduna.
The nine rescued victims are identified as Salama Oliver, Husseini Odu, Danjuma Jakanwa, Ezekiel Garba, Obadiah Mose, Taiwo Isaac, Buky Isaac, Ado Adamu and Maigari Shekarau.
Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, in a statement on Monday said 90 cows and four motorcycles were also recovered.
He said the operational feedback received from the troops showed that the troops engaged bandits on the Tantatu high ground, as the bandits abandoned their camp and fled further into the forest, adding that the troops also recovered 90 cattle left behind by the fleeing bandits.
The recovered herd will be handed over to the Kaduna State Livestock Regulatory Authority for proper identification, he declared.
He added that further clearance patrols to Bawa Rikasa Hill led to the recovery of four motorcycles belonging to the bandits.
According to him, the nine rescued persons will undergo further debriefing and examination before being reunited with their families, just as fighting patrols will continue in the general area.
