Operatives of the Nigerian Army deployed in 1 Division area of responsibility in Kaduna State have foiled a kidnap attempt by a dreaded extremist and insurgent group, setting free the abducted victims in the Tantatu community of Kajuru Local Government Area.
This was revealed in a statement issued on Monday March 18, 2024, by the Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu.
Nwachukwu who stated that security forces of the Nigerian Army were responding to actionable intelligence, added that the troops on 17 March 2024 at about 10:30pm swiftly tracked the insurgents who had earlier attacked the community in numbers and abducted some of the villagers as hostages.
The statement noted in parts, “On arriving the scene of the incident, the troops tenaciously pursued the insurgents, engaging them in a ferocious exchange of fire and consequently rescuing 16 kidnapped victims.
“The troops are still exploiting the bushes in continuation of the search and rescue operations to extricate other victims and baulked the nefarious activities of the insurgents”.
While commending the troops for the successful rescue of the kidnap victims the statement charged them to remain vigilant as they conduct ongoing counter-insurgency operations to secure the safe release of abducted victims across all troubled areas in the country.
