Insecurity: Troops rescue kidnapped victims, recover N8m ransom in Plateau

The Nigerian Army said its troops person rescued kidnapped unfortunate and recovered the sum of N8 cardinal paid arsenic ransom by a household to terrorists successful Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State.

​A connection signed by Captain Chinonso Polycarp Oteh, Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force Operation Enduring Peace, said the troops deployed successful Sector 9 Shendam, successfully rescued a kidnapped unfortunate and recovered ransom paid by the household during a coordinated cognition connected Saturday, 25 April, 2026.

It said the cognition underscored the military’s committedness to dismantling transgression networks and extortion of citizens wrong Operation Enduring Peace associated operations area.

​It said the rescue cognition was initiated pursuing the abduction of a pistillate unfortunate from Bauna country of Shendam Local Government Area connected 19 April 2026.

Oteh added that, “Through rigorous quality gathering and interrogation of an arrested fishy who confessed to the crime, troops were capable to place the victim’s determination astatine Padam Forest successful Quanpan Local Government Area, wherever the unfortunate was recovered and rescued.

“The cognition besides resulted successful the betterment of the sum of 8 cardinal Naira which was antecedently paid by the victim’s household arsenic a ransom to the kidnappers.

“Following the rescue, the unfortunate underwent a thorough medical...