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Troops of the 17 Brigade nether Sector 2 of Operation FANSAN YAMMA person rescued six kidnap victims who were abandoned by fleeing terrorists during a subject violative successful Katsina State.
The improvement was disclosed successful a station shared connected X by information analyst, Zagazola Makama connected Tuesday.
According to the post, the rescue took spot connected Monday astatine Unguwan Doka successful Faskari Local Government Area aft sustained subject operations forced the terrorists to fly their hideouts.
The rescued victims see 4 women and 2 children. They were identified arsenic Umaima Isiaku, 30; Amina Isiaku, 25; Fatima Saidu, 22; Huzaima Nasiru, 16; one-year-old Usman Surajo; and 18-month-old Dauda Isiaku.
“During preliminary questioning, the victims told troops that they were kidnapped by equipped terrorists connected March 11, 2026, on the Tsafe-Bilbis Road successful Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
“The victims, who are each from Bilbis village, said they spent much than 3 months successful captivity earlier their captors abandoned them portion escaping from the advancing troops,” Makama wrote.
According to Zagazola, the subject violative formed portion of ongoing operations by Operation FANSAN YAMMA to dismantle violent camps and reconstruct information crossed the North-West.
Military sources quoted successful the station said the rescued victims are presently receiving aesculapian attraction and o...
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