The coordinated operation by troops of Operation Whirl Stroke of the Nigerian Army has 27 passengers abducted by armed men in Amoda community, Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State.
According to the Army, the troops who stormed the kidnappers’ hideout and overpowered them, leading to the safe recovery of the victims.
The Army explained that the feat in Benue formed part of wider nationwide counter-terrorism and anti-crime operations, with 15 terrorists killed, 42 suspects arrested, and 30 kidnapped victims rescued across the country.
In the North East, troops engaged Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgents in Dikwa, Gwoza, Bama, Banki, and Gujba, killing 15 fighters and recovering rifles, grenades, explosives, motorcycles, and communication equipment.
In a similar development, security forces in the South-South have destroyed illegal crude oil bunkering sites in Imo, Rivers, and Delta states and arrested 15 suspects in Kaduna for possession of illicit drugs, 25 others for oil theft in Bayelsa, and two in Delta.
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