KADUNA, Nigeria (The Informant247) – The Nigerian military rescued 6 people who had been abducted by armed gangs in the northwestern state of Kaduna, state government said, after security operatives launched a clearance operation against the kidnappers.
Kaduna had been at the centre of often violent kidnappings by heavily armed bandits who have targeted schools – including the Nigerian military school NDA, villages and people travelling on highways for ransom.
“According to operational feedback, the troops, under the Operation Forest Sanity, embarked on a clearance operation from Damba to Kangon Kadi, and fired on identified bandit locations around the Kangon Kadi forest, Labi and the Udawa river,” the state commissioner for internal security and home affairs, Samuel Aruwan in a statement on Monday.
“Bandits fled from the Kangon Kadi area under the superior firepower of the troops, leaving behind six kidnapped victims at their camp.
“The victims were rescued by the troops.”