Seven persons including a seven-year-old girl kidnapped at Rijana on the Kaduna-Abuja highway last Saturday have been rescued by the ...
Seven persons including a seven-year-old girl kidnapped at Rijana on the Kaduna-Abuja highway last Saturday have been rescued by the joint Operation Thunder Strike.
Operation Thunder Strike is a Defence Headquarters lead operation comprising the Army, Navy, Air Force, Police, DSS and NSCDC deployed to address security threats along Kaduna-Abuja, Kaduna-Birni Gwari and Kaduna-Zaria highways. One of the rescued victims, Aliyu Aishat Bisola, said they were kept on a rock for the five days without food.“They collected our phones and money while they were negotiating ransom between N10million and N2million.
Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan, who received the rescued victims on behalf of the government, hailed the Army for the successful operation that led to the victims’ rescue.
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