By Oluwatosin Maliki
A rescue mission was launched by the Nigerian army in operation Hadarin Daji, on Thursday, the troops rescued 17 kidnapped victims and seized operational motorcycles from terrorists during the operation in Kebbi State.
Captain Yahaya Ibrahim, the spokesperson of Operation Hadarin Daji, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
He explained that the remarkable achievement was carried out when the army was deployed at Malekachi, they conducted a rescue operation following credible information that terrorists had abducted an unspecified number of persons at Kanya village of Danko- Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State and were trying to escape by crossing with the victims towards Niger state.
“Troops swiftly mobilised and laid ambush at the suspected routes and crossing point to be used by the terrorists at Karenbana village. Subsequently, the troops’ firepower superiority forced the terrorists to abandon the victims and escape with gunshot wounds leading to the rescue of 17 kidnapped victims”.
The statement read, “The rescued victims comprised 6 females and 11 males including police personnel who were kidnapped at Danko-Wasagu. The rescued victims were handed over to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) at Bena to reunite them with their families. Also, troops recovered 5 Motorcycles which were burnt”.
In addition, Major General Godwin Mutkut, the Commander of the Joint Task Force, commended the timely intervention of the troops, while urging them to continue with the good works, so as to deny the terrorists any freedom of action.
In the same vein, he commended the rescue team that freed the victims for the timely information provided, which led to the success of the operation, while enjoining them to be more vigilant and quickly report to the troops any activities of the terrorists within their communities.