Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) troops of Joint Task Force Northwest have freed thirty-one hostages who were abducted in Sokoto State.
This is while the Northwest Operation, led by Major General Godwin Mutkut, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 8 Division Nigerian Army, Sokoto, intensified the assault and carried out a number of clearance operations to terrorists’ and bandits’ enclaves in its northwest operational areas.
The spokesperson for Operation Hadarin Daji, Captain Yahaya Ibrahim, said in a statement made available to Channels Television on Wednesday in Gusau that the troops cleared Alya Fulani village, Buani Forest, where thirty kidnapped individuals were rescued, as part of a recent clearance operation that was carried out on Tuesday in the Tangaza Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State.
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He continued by saying that all of the terrorists’ and bandits’ known hiding places were destroyed since they left their prisoners behind and left their camps before the hostile troops arrived.
The forces continued on to Goboro Village, where they used their superior firepower to rescue one of the kidnapped women as the terrorists and bandits scattered.
The commander praised the troops’ bravery and threw down the gauntlet to do more to keep the terrorists from having any freedom of movement.
See photos below:
The scene after troops rescued kidnap victims in the Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Tuesday, November 21, 2023. (Photos: Nigerian Army)
The scene after troops rescued kidnap victims in the Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Tuesday, November 21, 2023. (Photos: Nigerian Army)
