Thirty-one kidnapped victims in Sokoto State have been rescued by troops of Joint Task Force Northwest Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD).

This is because the Northwest Operation, which is led by Major General Godwin Mutkut, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 8 Division Nigerian Army, Sokoto, increased the intensity of the assault and carried out a number of clearance operations to terrorists’ and bandits’ enclaves in its northwest operational areas.

In a statement sent to Channels Television today in Gusau, the spokesperson for Operation Hadarin Daji, Captain Yahaya Ibrahim, said the troops in a recent clearance operation conducted on Tuesday in the Tangaza Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State, cleared Alya Fulani village, Buani Forest, where 30 kidnapped persons were rescued.

He added that all the discovered terrorists/bandits’ hideouts were destroyed as the terrorists/bandits abandoned their captives and fled from their camps before the arrival of the aggressive troops.

The troops also proceeded to Goboro village where one female kidnapped victim was rescued as the terrorists/bandits fled in disarray due to the troops’ superior firepower.

The commander commended the gallantry of the troops, charging them to do more and continue to deny the terrorists any freedom of action.