Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued 16 pupils (Almajiris) with a woman that were kidnapped by terrorist in Gada LGA of Sokoto State.
The hostages were kidnapped on March 9 , 2024 and were rescued on March 21, 2024 by the military working with local authorities and other government agencies across the country in a coordinated search and rescue operations.
Major General Edward Buba the military operations spokesperson disclosed this on Saturday. He stated that the rescued hostages have been handed over to the Sokoto State Government for further action.
He said “the armed forces is extending all of its efforts and resources to find other innocent hostages and to track down the terrorists that perpetrated these crimes. These efforts would continue until they are found and the terrorists arrested, tried, and brought to justice by Nigerian law.”
The statement added that “the military would not rest until all kidnapped hostages are rescued.”
He assured that troops are deploying same effort to trackdown the culprits responsible for the killings of 18 soldiers in Okuama Community in Delta State on 14 March 2024 and to curb the freedom of action of terrorist and the perpetrators of insecurity across the country.
Meanwhile, the military has released a banner of wanted terrorist and their cohorts.
The banners would be deployed in strategic areas across the country. The deployment of the banner is for ease of recognition and arrest of the wanted persons. The public is urge to cooperate and report to nearest security post wherever they are sighted.