Troops raid bandit camps, rescue 9 in Kaduna

Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have rescued nine kidnapped persons during clearance patrols to suspected bandits’ hideouts in Kaso, Chikun LGA of Kaduna State.

The state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement issued on Monday, said the troops engaged bandits on the Tantatu high ground, where they rescued the nine kidnapped people.

“The troops also recovered 90 cattle left behind by the fleeing bandits. The animals will be handed over to the Kaduna State Livestock Regulatory Authority for proper identification,” he said.

He said further clearance patrols to Bawa Rikasa hill led to the recovery of four motorcycles belonging to the bandits.

Aruwan said the nine rescued people would undergo examination before being reunited with their families.

(Daily Trust)