Following last weekend’s breakthrough in Kaduna State, where scores of bandits were neutralized by the combined troops of the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Air Force in Chikun Local Government Area, security forces have continued with clearance operations in identified bandit and terrorist enclaves around the state.
This led to the rescue of six kidnapped victims by the troops of Operation Forest Sanity in the early hours of Tuesday, August 16, 3022, when they carried out raid-and-rescue operations in Kuriga and Manini communities in the same local government area.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, August 17, the Commissioner,
Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said report had it that the troops came in contact with and engaged the bandits at the suspected enclave.
“After clearing the camp, the troops rescued six kidnapped citizens who were held at the location,” the Commissioner stated.
The rescued persons included Sahura Hamisu, Ramlatu Umar, Saudatu Ibrahim, Maryam Shittu, Fatima Shuaibu
and Khadijah Mohammed, along with her infant child.
Aruwan said that the rescued persons had been safely reunited with their families.
Commending the troops, police personnel, intelligence operatives, vigilante members and other security forces, for another successful round of operations, the state government expressed its appreciation to the Chief of Defence Staff, the Chief of Army Staff, the Chief of Air Staff, the General Officer Commanding, 1 Division Nigerian Army, and the Director General, Department of State Services, for the ongoing wave of onslaughts against criminal enclaves.
The commissioner added: “Security forces will continue operations in the general area and other locations of interest across the state. Further updates will be reported accordingly.”
