Troops from the Nigerian Army on Tuesday rescued a total of 31 kidnapped victims during a clearance operation in Sokoto state.
The Army in a statement on Wednesday said the resilient troops of the Joint Task Force North West Operation HADARIN DAJI (OPHD) carried out the operation.
It added that the troops carried out the operation under the command of the General Officer Commanding 8 Division Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Major General Godwin Mutkut.
According to the statement issued by the Army, Mutkut and his men have continued to intensify onslaught and conducts series of clearance operation to terrorists enclaves in its Areas of Operations in the North West.
“In a recent clearance operation conducted by the troops of OPHD on Tuesday, 21 November 2023 at Tangaza LGA of Sokoto state, they cleared Alya Fulani village, Buani forest, where 30 kidnapped persons were rescued,” the statement read.
All the discovered terrorists hideouts were destroyed as the terrorists abandoned their captives and fled from their camps before the arrival of the aggressive troops.
The troops also proceeded to Goboro village, where one female kidnapped victim was rescued as the terrorists and bandits fled in disarray due to troops’ firepower superiority.
