Troops rescue six kidnapped victims during patrol in Benue

Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Whirl Stroke, JTF OPWS, person rescued six radical who were abducted astir Gbise assemblage successful Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State.

The Acting Media Information Officer of the task force, Lt. Ahmad Zubairu, confirmed the improvement successful a connection issued successful Makurdi connected Saturday.

Zubairu said the victims were rescued connected September 25 during a regular patrol conducted by troops successful the area.

He explained that the troops acted connected credible quality regarding the whereabouts of the kidnapped persons and swiftly moved to the location.

Following the rescue operation, the victims were taken to a harmless determination wherever they could person indispensable attraction and further enactment could beryllium taken.

The rescued victims were identified arsenic Gabriel Enujuba, 50; Samson Magbo, 43; Alkasim Modu, 27; Manzo Bello, 27; Sani Abdullahi, 25; and Munza Yusuf, 25.

According to the statement, archetypal investigations revealed that 5 of the victims were kidnapped on the Chenchengi-Takum road.

Zubairu added that Yusuf told investigators helium was abducted from his residence successful the Ahmadu wide country of Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State.

The task unit spokesperson said troops had stepped up intelligence-driven operations aimed astatine identifying and apprehending members of the transgression radical down the attacks....