{"id":218672,"date":"2024-09-18T07:20:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T07:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/18\/army-kills-four-bandits-rescue-20-kidnap-victims-in-kaduna\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T07:20:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T07:20:20","slug":"army-kills-four-bandits-rescue-20-kidnap-victims-in-kaduna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/18\/army-kills-four-bandits-rescue-20-kidnap-victims-in-kaduna\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Kills Four Bandits, Rescue 20 Kidnap Victims In Kaduna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Nigerian Army has confirmed the neutralization of four bandits and the rescue of 20 kidnapped victims in a recent operation.<\/p>\n<p>The heroic efforts of the army in Kaduna State\u2019s Birnin Gwari and Giwa local government areas resulted in the success tale.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Overseeing Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, made the announcement in a statement to journalists in Kaduna on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Aruwan said: \u201cTroops have neutralised a total of four bandits during two operations spanning Birnin Gwari and Giwa LGAs. This was conveyed in a series of operational feedbacks to Kaduna State Government.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: Five Rescued, Nine Bodies Recovered In Zamfara Boat Mishap<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the first report, troops of Operation Forest Sanity embarked on special clearance operations in the general area of Alawa in Birnin Gwari LGA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aruwan stated that the troops, who had formed a blocking force, spotted bandits moving around Kwaga and, after a brief pursuit, neutralised two of them.<\/p>\n<p>During the operation, the commissioner stated that the following goods were recovered: two AK-47 rifles, three magazines, three motorcycles, and one Baofeng radio.<\/p>\n<p>He also stated in the second report that Sector 6 Operation Whirl Punch troops conducted fighting patrols surrounding Nakwakina hamlet in Giwa LGA based on credible intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe troops laid an ambush along a likely terrorists\u2019 withdrawal route. The terrorists were eventually sighted and engaged, two of them were neutralised while others escaped with bullet wounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe troops combed the area and recovered two motorcycles, one cutlass and one mobile phone,\u201d the commissioner confirmed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"941128\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-2102389413\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FirstBank-Giant-Strides300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Army has confirmed the neutralization of four bandits and the rescue of 20 kidnapped victims in a recent operation. 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Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Overseeing Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Army Kills Four Bandits, Rescue 20 Kidnap Victims In Kaduna - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/18\/army-kills-four-bandits-rescue-20-kidnap-victims-in-kaduna\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Army Kills Four Bandits, Rescue 20 Kidnap Victims In Kaduna - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigerian Army has confirmed the neutralization of four bandits and the rescue of 20 kidnapped victims in a recent operation. 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