Troops rescue 19 kidnap victims, neutralise suspect in FCT

Troops of the 7 Guards Battalion, Guards Brigade of the Nigerian Army, successful collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force and section vigilantes, person rescued 19 kidnapped victims during a coordinated cognition successful Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

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

Makama said the cognition was conducted astir Gidan Dogo pursuing credible quality connected the determination of suspects linked to the caller abduction of residents successful the Byazhin country of Bwari.

During the operation, troops reportedly made interaction with the suspected kidnappers, starring to a weapon battle.

One of the suspects was neutralised during the speech of fire, portion others fled the country with suspected gunshot wounds.

The root said further exploitation of the country led to the betterment of 1 AK-47 firearm and a locally fabricated firearm.

All 19 kidnapped victims were rescued during the cognition and evacuated to safety.

The rescued victims are presently receiving aesculapian attention, portion troops person returned to their Forward Operating Base successful Bwari.

The Commander, Guards Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Adebisi Olusegun Onasanya, commended the troops and different collaborating information agencies for their bravery and professionalism during the operation.

Onasan...