Troops foil terrorists logistics movement, rescue kidnapped victims in Kogi

The Nigerian Army said its troops of 12 Brigade person foiled terrorists’ logistics question and rescued kidnapped unfortunate successful Kogi State.

Lieutenant Hassan Abdullahi, Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations 12 Brigade, successful a connection said the troops successfully rescued the remaining kidnapped victims from the Daarul-Kitab Islamic Orphanage.

According to the statement, the rescued victims comprised 5 boys, 2 girls, and 2 big females, believed to beryllium the wives of the proprietor of the orphanage, adding that they were promptly evacuated to the 12 Brigade Medical Centre wherever they received contiguous aesculapian attraction and archetypal aid.

In a related improvement connected the aforesaid day, troops acting connected credible quality connected the activities of an arms and ammunition syndicate intercepted and apprehended a suspected violent ammunition courier on roadworthy Obajana–Lokoja successful Lokoja Local Government Area.

The suspect, identified arsenic Yahaya Umar, was recovered successful possession of 500 rounds of 7.62mm NATO belted ammunition concealed wrong a container of maize successful an effort to evade detection.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the fishy is simply a cardinal logistics courier progressive successful the question of arms and ammunition for terrorists crossed states wrong the North Central region.

“Further interrogation indicated that the ammunition was handed implicit to him astatine Obajana Forest and was be...