The Nigerian Military stated its troops have rescued 32 kidnap victims throughout a search and rescue operation in Katsina State.
The knowledge officer of Operation Hadarin Daji, Yahaya Ibrahim, introduced in an announcement on Tuesday that the troops additionally killed two suspected terrorists throughout the operation on Saturday.
Ibrahim acknowledged that the troops engaged the terrorists in a gun battle, resulting in the loss of life of two suspected terrorists whereas others fled with accidents.
He stated: “Persevering with the sequence of simultaneous, well-coordinated clearance operations in areas of operational accountability within the North West, which have continued to ship great successes, troops of the Joint Process Pressure North West Operation Hadarin Daji, working within the state Katsina, rescue operations undertaken. kidnapped 35 victims and neutralized two terrorists in Katsina State throughout a search and rescue operation.
“This feat was achieved on January 27, 2024, throughout a clearance operation for some recognized terrorist camps within the Dumburum Forest. Throughout the operation, troops encountered the armed terrorists throughout which two of the terrorists had been neutralized whereas others escaped with severe gunshot wounds.”
He added that the rescued kidnapped victims, together with 19 male adults, 12 feminine adults and 4 kids, had been handed over to the Katsina State Authorities by the Commander of the seventeenth Brigade Nigerian Military/Sector 2 Operation Hadarin Daji, Brigadier Basic OA Fadairo.
Fadairo is claimed to have promised to proceed the assault on the terrorists' enclaves.
PUNCH On-line reported on January 4 that troops of the Joint Process Pressure North West, Operation Hadarin Daji, neutralized 10 terrorists and rescued 9 kidnapped victims between Zamfara and Katsina states.
Additionally they recovered weapons and ammunition, together with operational bikes and communication devices.
Equally, on December 23, 2023, the troops rescued 52 kidnap victims in Isa Native Authorities Space of Sokoto State.
Among the many rescued victims are 14 males, 32 girls and 6 kids who will endure medical checks, debriefing and be handed over to the related authorities to reunite them with their households.
In a associated improvement, the identical troops on November 23, 2023 rescued 31 kidnapped individuals in numerous components of Sokoto State.
The Military disclosed that the troops, commanded by the Basic Officer Commanding 8 Division Nigerian Military, Sokoto, Main Basic Godwin Mutkut, have continued to accentuate the assault and carried out a sequence of clearance operations on terrorist enclaves within the areas of operations within the area. North West.
