In pursuance of its aggressive clearance operation against criminal elements in the country, troops of Division 1 of the Nigerian Army have neutralized three bandits and rescued ten kidnapped victims in the Kabode village of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
According to a press release signed by Lieutenant Colonel Musa Yahaya, Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations 1 Division Nigerian Army, on Saturday, August 12, 2023, the operation carried out by the men of the armed force who were “acting on credible intelligence, on August 11, 2023”, “exploited Kabode general area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and made contact with marauding bandits and engaged them in a fire fight.
“Troops neutralized three bandits and captured one AK 47 rifle loaded with 28 rounds of 7.62 mm, one camo jungle hat, three mobile phones, one head warner, one MP3 player, charms, and the sum of one thousand, three hundred and five naira only”.
In the same vein, the operatives on August 10, 2023, acting on credible intelligence of a kidnapping incidence in Danbaba village of Igabi Local Government, laid ambush at Birnin Yero; on sighting the troops, bandits took to their heels and abandoned all 10 kidnapped victims. The rescued kidnapped victims have been given medical attention and reunited with their families,” he stated.
While applauding the gallantry of the troops in the successes recorded so far, the General Officer Commanding 1 Division Nigerian Army and Force Commander Operation Whirl Punch, Maj Gen BA Alabi, pleaded with the communities to continue to avail the Nigerian Army and other security agencies with timely and credible intelligence.
