Troops rescue kidnapped traders, recover stolen car, arrest suspects In Katsina

Troops of Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, person rescued traders abducted by terrorists on the Funtua–Faskari axis of Katsina State and arrested 2 suspects successful a abstracted operation.

The troops responded to a distress telephone aft terrorists intercepted a commercialized conveyance conveying traders and forced the occupants into the surrounding bush. The troops pursued the attackers and engaged them successful a firefight, forcing them to retreat into the wood and wantonness their captives. The rescued victims were unharmed and escorted to Sheme Market, wherever they reunited with their communities.

In a abstracted cognition on the Katsina–Dutsin-Ma highway, troops deployed successful Dutsin-Ma Local Government Area, acting connected credible intelligence, intercepted a stolen golden Toyota Corolla successful collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force.

Two antheral suspects, identified arsenic 28-year-old Abdulmalik Haruna and 44-year-old Mohammed Kabir, were arrested astatine the scene. The suspects and recovered conveyance were subsequently handed implicit to the constabulary astatine Dutsin-Ma Division for further probe and ineligible action.

Troops rescue kidnapped traders, retrieve stolen car, apprehension suspects In Katsina