Navy rescues eight kidnapped victims in North West operations

The Nigerian Navy has said its troops nether “Operation FASAN YAMMA” person rescued 8 kidnapped victims successful a bid of coordinated operations against insurgents successful the North West.

In a statement, the Naval spokesperson, Navy Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, said the operations were conducted by unit deployed astatine the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ibira and different tactical units betwixt April 2 and April 18, 2026, successful Kaduna State and adjoining areas.

He explained that connected April 18, troops astatine FOB Ibira responded swiftly to a distress telephone pursuing reports of gunfire on the Doka–Ibira axis. On accomplishment astatine the scene, the troops made interaction with equipped extremists who instantly opened fire.

The naval personnel, according to the statement, returned occurrence and forced the attackers to flee, abandoning their victims.

“Five victims were rescued during the encounter. Four of them sustained gunshot injuries and were evacuated to the General Hospital successful Idon for urgent aesculapian treatment, portion 1 aboriginal died contempt efforts to prevention him,” Folorunsho said.

He added that follow-up clearance operations were conducted successful the country to way fleeing insurgents and stabilise the environment.

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