Nigerian soldiers have on Friday rescued 24 kidnap victims at an abandoned village in Zamfara State after a shootout with notorious bandits.
A press statement issued on Friday, the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the rescue was conducted by troops of the 223 Battalion, operating under Sector 1 of Joint Task Force, North West Operations Hadarin Daji in an operation conducted in the early hours of July 7, 2023 at Kabugu Lamba, an abandoned village in Maru Local Government Area of the state.
The director added that the gallant troops, led by the Commanding Officer of the battalion, “stalked and swooped on the bandits, annihilating four of them in a ferocious fire fight that ensued.”
Nwachukwu added that the victims, including a minor, nine females and 14 males, have been extricated and evacuated from the kidnappers’ hideout by the troops.
