Kidnapped for three months: How three victims escaped terrorist camp in Zamfara

Troops of the Nigerian Army nether 1 Brigade, Counter-Terrorism Operation 6, person rescued 3 kidnap victims who escaped from a violent hideout aft spending astir 3 months successful captivity successful Zamfara State.

This was made known successful a study by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and information adept successful the Lake Chad region.

Makama said the victims were rescued astatine astir 8:45am connected June 22, 2026, by troops deployed astatine the Forward Operating Base, FOB, Bagega successful Anka Local Government Area of the state.

He disclosed that the victims managed to flight from their captors’ hideout earlier making interaction with subject unit successful the area.

“The troops instantly secured the victims and provided archetypal assistance earlier evacuating them for aesculapian attention,” helium said.

Makama further stated that the rescued victims are presently undergoing aesculapian valuation and attraction pursuing their clip successful captivity.

He said the cognition forms portion of ongoing efforts by troops to dismantle violent enclaves and unafraid the merchandise of abducted persons crossed Zamfara State and different parts of the North-West region.

The study added that subject operations against violent and transgression groups stay ongoing successful the area.

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