Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, a military component, have rescued 40 kidnapped victims in Kyairu, Kyaram, and Alkama communities in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
According to a press statement by a military authority, the victims were kidnapped when armed bandits invaded the Kyairu, Kyaram, and Alkama communities.
The statement noted that the successes followed an intelligence report of heavily armed bandits’ movements in the affected communities.
Operation Hadarin Daji, a military component, has rescued 40 kidnapped victims in Kyairu, Kyaram, and Alkama communities in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
According to a press statement by the army authority, the victims were kidnapped when armed bandits invaded Kyairu, Kyaram, and Alkama communities.
The statement noted that the successes followed an intelligence report of heavily armed bandits’ movements in the affected communities.
“The troops, however, mobilized to the area, blocked the bandits’ route, and engaged them in a fire-for-fire operation that lasted for hours. This forced the bandits to flee into the forest and abandon the kidnapped victims”, the statement added.
The statement read in parts, “On July 17, 2023, following an intelligence report that Armed bandits had kidnapped an unspecified number of persons from villages around Bukuyyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
“The troops immediately mobilized swiftly for a fighting patrol and established blocking positions around the bandits’ withdrawal routes around Kyairu, Kyaram, and Alkama villages in Bukuyyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.”
The military men who rescued the victims
It was also noted that the 40 rescued kidnapped victims were reunited with their families, while ten of them were handed over to the local chief of Gwashi to connect them with their respective families.
Recall that this is the second time in one week that troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued kidnapped victims at various bandits’ enclaves and routes in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of the State.
This swoop was organized after a public outcry to rescue some of the kidnapping victims.
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