Troops of the Operation Thunder Strike have rescued six students of the Government Day Secondary School, Gwagwada in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State who were abducted the on their way to school and three motor boys yesterday.
Deputy Director Public Relations of one Division Nigeria Army Kaduna, Col. Ezindu Idimah, disclose this yesterday in kaduna. Adding that four suspected bandits were neutralised by the troops during the operation.
Idimah said that The Troops were on routine patrol in the general area when receive information from a reliable source that some bandits terrorising the Abuja-Kaduna highway have waylaid some students on their way to school and abducted them.
He that the Troops swung into action immediately and gave the bandits a hot chase.
Idimah said that when the bandits sighted the troops, they engaged them in a firefight but had to surrender to the superior firepower of the troops during which one of the bandits was neutralised while the rest scampered to different directions of the forest with gunshot wounds.
He further explained that all the students abducted by the bandits were rescued safely and reunited with their families.
Idimah added that one AK47 rifle with seven rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition and a pump action gun with ten cartridges were recovered by the troops.
He further said that the troops are still combing the entire forest in search of the bandits.
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