Troops led by the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 1 Division Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, yesterday, engaged in a shoot out with terrorists from their den in Birnin Gwari in Birnin Gwari local council of the state and rescued three kidnap victims.
It was gathered that the GOC-led troops, who were on an operational inspection tour in Kaduna last Thursday, rescued the kidnap victims in Manini village, along Pole Wire, Birnin Gwari road.
A statement issued by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, yesterday, said, “the kidnappers had abducted the victims and were taking off when they were confronted by the GOC’s team.”
According to him, “the hot exchange of fire that followed subdued the kidnappers, compelling them to scamper in disarray with gunshot wounds into nearby forest, abandoning their abductees.”
Nwachukwu said, “the rescued victims, comprising two adult males and an elderly woman have been conveyed to Kaduna, where they are currently receiving medical attention.”