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Untold Details Of How Kuriga Students Abducted In Kaduna Were Rescued In Zamfara – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has revealed that the abducted students taken from Kuriga in Kaduna State were rescued in Zamfara State through coordinated search and rescue operation conducted by the military in collaboration with local authorities and government agencies.
The primary and secondary school students abducted on March 7, were rescued in the early hours of Sunday.
The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
He said a total of 137 persons abducted from Kuriga in Kaduna State comprising 76 females and 61 males were rescued in Zamfara.
According to him, they would be conveyed and handed over to the Kaduna State Government for further action.
āRelatedly, it would be recalled that on March 21, troops equally rescued 16 pupils (Almajiris) with a woman taken hostage in Gada Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
āThese hostages were handed over to the Sokoto State Government.
āThese efforts demonstrate the armed forces resolve to find other innocent hostages and track down the terrorists that perpetrated these crimes.
āThese efforts would continue until other hostages are found and the terrorists arrested, tried, and brought to justice by Nigerian law.
āTroops are employing similar efforts to track down the culprits responsible for the killing of 18 soldiers in Okuama Community in Delta State.
āJustice awaits the culprits, as they can not go unpunished,ā he said. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
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