Troops arrest 81 bandits, rescue 33 victims in N/West — DHQ

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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has disclosed that troops of Operation Hadarin Daji arrested 81 bandits, their collaborators and other criminal elements in the last three weeks across the North-West Zone.

The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Bernard Onyeuko, said this while giving an update on the operations of the armed forces across the country on Thursday in Abuja.

Onyeuko added that 33 kidnap victims were rescued and 15 bandits killed by the troops during the period.

He said two armed robbers were neutralised and 13 bandits’ informants arrested.

According to him, the troops sustained operations against the bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements in the geo-political zone with attendant successes.

“Fifteen motorcycles and two AK-47 rifles were recovered; 33 kidnap victims rescued, 66 criminal elements arrested and some vandalised railway sleepers/tracks were recovered within the period,” he said.

Onyeuko said that the operations were conducted in various locations in Zamfara, Katsina and Sokoto States.

In North-Central, he said that troops of Operation Safe Haven arrested 20 persons involved in the killing of 26 travellers at Rukuba town in Jos North Local Government area of Plateau on Aug. 14.

He said the suspects had been handed over to the prosecuting agency for necessary action.

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