{"id":19527,"date":"2024-02-28T18:04:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T18:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-neutralize-bandits-rescue-eight-kidnap-victims-in-zamfara\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T18:04:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T18:04:15","slug":"troops-neutralize-bandits-rescue-eight-kidnap-victims-in-zamfara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/troops-neutralize-bandits-rescue-eight-kidnap-victims-in-zamfara\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops neutralize bandits, rescue eight kidnap victims in Zamfara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation Hadarin Daji, OPHD, have neutralized scores of terrorists and rescued eight kidnap victims in Zamfara State.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST gathered that most of the terrorists\u2019 camps were destroyed during the operation in the Bayan Ruwa area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued on Wednesday in Gusau, the spokesman of the Operation Hadarin Daji, OPHD, Lieutenant Suleiman Omale, the troops recorded successes against the ravaging bandits in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese were achieved in continuation with the dry season clearance operations in the state\u201d, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the recent success, the troops rescued eight kidnapped victims in an ambush operation conducted in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the 28th February 2024, the OPHD troops during its continuous clearance operation at the terrorists\u2019 enclaves at Bayan Ruwa axis which is presumed to be a crossing point of the terrorist in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The OPHD\u2019S spokesman further stated that during the operation, the troops engaged the terrorists in a heavy gun duel during which the hoodlums fled in disarray and abandoned their captors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHence the troops\u2019 timely and prompt response led to the rescue of eight kidnapped victims unhurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the troops destroyed the terrorists\u2019 enclaves and dominated the area with aggressive and confidence-building patrol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the rescued victims were handed over to the appropriate authorities to reunite them with their respective families,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The Commander, Joint Task Force North West, Operation Hadarin Daji, General Officer Commanding, 8 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Godwin Mutkut, commended the efforts of the troops for their continued doggedness and resilience in an effort to restore normalcy in the North West.<\/p>\n<p>He called on the people to continue giving support to the troops by providing timely information on terrorists\u2019 hideouts for prompt action.<\/p>\n<p>Troops neutralize bandits, rescue eight kidnap victims in Zamfara<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation Hadarin Daji, OPHD, have neutralized scores of terrorists and rescued eight&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131,15,1314,419],"tags":[867,180,1318,28],"class_list":["post-19527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bandits","category-news","category-troops","category-zamfara","tag-bandits","tag-news","tag-troops","tag-zamfara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}