₦airaland Forum

Nigerian troops have rescued the 31 kidnapped passengers along the Apata-Obajana road in Kogi State.

Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert focused on the Lake Chad region, disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Friday, saying the rescue operation was carried out in collaboration with the police and local hunters.

Makama stated that he was reliably informed by intelligence sources that the incident occurred on May 8, when two Toyota Hiace buses traveling from Lagos to Kano and Katsina, respectively, were attacked by armed hoodlums.

The security expert narrated that the first bus, with registration number DTF 773 XA and driven by Saminu Yahaya, was heading to Kano with 17 passengers, while the second, with registration number KNA 170 XA and driven by Bashir Dahiru, was en route to Katsina with another 17 passengers.

“A distress alert was received from a local hunter, prompting a swift response by the troops, who engaged the assailants in a fierce gun duel, which forced the attackers to abandon 31 of the 38 victims and flee into the forest.

“Four of the rescued passengers sustained machete injuries, while one victim was hit by a bullet in the left thigh. All injured victims were immediately evacuated to a hospital for medical treatment,” Makama said.

He added that efforts to rescue the remaining seven abducted persons have been intensified.

TimeManager:
Another big win for our troops. These guys are putting their lives on the line for us. God bless the Nigerian Army.

-Kiss the truth!

after4:
Dem go soon tell us how much they paid as ransom

Justiyke4u:
You won't know how sweet the block button is until you start using. Very sweet to press

dauntless15:
No firefight, no shootout, not a single arrest, but they Sabi find okeme for otueke wey insult one politician online, later they go talk truth, ransom was paid.

tunjijones:
Fulani herdsmen kidneppers have infiltrated every state in Nigeria.

If they continue at this pace, in less than 150 years, they will conquer the whole of Nigeria.

If FG and the populace of Nigeria like make dem no do anything about this shit now.

Patriottt:
Seun just has to make it permanent not tempoary

allthingsgood:
Its Nigerians kidnapping themselves
Useless people

allthingsgood:
if your brother was one of those rescued, u wont come here to blab trash