{"id":101661,"date":"2022-11-29T13:47:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T12:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=101661"},"modified":"2022-11-29T13:47:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T12:47:17","slug":"troops-rescue-nine-kidnap-victims-in-kaduna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/troops-rescue-nine-kidnap-victims-in-kaduna\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops Rescue Nine Kidnap Victims In Kaduna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said troops of \u2018Operation Forest Sanity\u2019 rescued nine kidnapped persons during patrols to suspected bandit in Kaso, in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The commissioner, announced this in a statement he personally signed in Kaduna.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The statement said the troops engaged bandits on the Tantatu high ground, as the bandits abandoned their camp and fled further into the forest.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2018\u2019But on searching their hideouts, he said, nine kidnapped victims which he gave their names as Salama Oliver, Husseini Odu, Danjuma Jakanwa, Ezekiel Garba, Obadiah Moses, Taiwo Isaac, Buky Isaac, Ado Adamu, and Maigari Shekarau, and were rescued by the troops,\u2019\u2019 the statement said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cInitial debriefing of the rescued victims revealed that they had all been kidnapped around the Gurara Dam area,\u201d It said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The commissioner added that the troops also recovered 90 cattle left behind by the fleeing bandits.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe animals will be handed over to the Kaduna State Livestock Regulatory Authority for proper identification,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said further clearance patrols to Bawa Rikasa hill led to the recovery of four motorcycles belonging to the bandits.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe nine rescued persons will undergo further debriefing and examination before being reunited with their families. 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