Troops foil kidnap operation, recover cash in Katsina

Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, person rescued six kidnapped victims and recovered N800,000 allegedly taken from them by terrorists successful Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State.

The victims were rescued connected Saturday, August 22, 2026, aft troops responded to a distress telephone implicit the abduction of six occupants of a conveyance on the Dandume-Sheme Road.

The Joint Task Force disclosed this successful a connection issued on Sunday, August 23, and signed by its Media Information Officer, Lt. Col. Aliyu Danja.

According to the statement, troops of Sector 2 were conducting a warring patrol erstwhile they received accusation that terrorists had intercepted a conveyance and abducted its occupants.

The troops moved to the country and engaged the terrorists, forcing them to wantonness the victims and fly into adjacent bushes.

“All 6 kidnapped victims were rescued unharmed,” the connection said.

The troops besides recovered the N800,000 reportedly taken from the victims during the abduction.

The wealth and conveyance were aboriginal returned to the victims successful the beingness of the Divisional Police Officer, Dandume.

According to the statement, successful a abstracted cognition connected Friday, August 21, troops encountered terrorists on the Maraban Kankara axis successful Kankara Local Government...