Eleven hostages have escaped from armed bandits as the Nigerian military rescued two other victims in Kaduna State. Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan made the disclosure in a statement. Aruwan said that the troops rescued the two kidnapped citizens in Jema’a and Lere Local Government Areas, as “reports from […]
Eleven hostages have escaped from armed bandits as the Nigerian military rescued two other victims in Kaduna State.Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan made the disclosure in a statement.
He stated that “ongoing security operations dislodged many of the bandits’ camps, leaving them in disarray and enabling the escape of the hostages being held there”.“Careful checks revealed that the 11 hostages are a mix of those kidnapped from Dumbin Rauga, Zaria LGA and also along the Kaduna-Zaria highway,” Aruwan said.
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