Troops rescue more kidnapped victims in Kwara, intensify onslaught against bandits

By Kingsley Omonobi

Troops of 2 Division/Sector 3, Operation Fansan Yamma, person recorded further successes successful the ongoing counter-banditry operations successful Kwara State, rescuing 3 kidnapped victims during coordinated raids successful the Babanla Forest.

Confirming the development, Captain Stephen Nwankwo, Acting Assistant Director of Army Public Relations, 22 Armoured Brigade, Ilorin, said the cognition was conducted pursuing credible quality reports.

“Acting connected credible intelligence, troops deployed astatine Patrol Base Babanla swiftly launched a rescue cognition astatine a suspected bandit hideout, wherever they successfully freed Mrs. Oluwabusayo Taiwo (25) and her three-year-old son, Taiwo Irayomide,” Nwankwo stated.

He disclosed that some victims, who were abducted successful Oke-Ode connected 28 September 2025, were provided archetypal assistance attraction astatine the Patrol Base sick bay and would soon beryllium reunited with their family.

In a abstracted operation, troops connected regular patrol on a known bandit way besides rescued Mr. Mohammadu Sani, popularly known arsenic Mai Shayi, a 40-year-old beverage vendor from Garkarima community.

“The victim, recovered successful a excavation of humor aft being abandoned by fleeing bandits, was fixed contiguous aesculapian attention,” Nwankwo added, noting that a Dane weapon and cutlass were recovered from the scene.

Commending the troops for their professionalism and swift response, the Commander, 22 Armoured Brigade, Brigadier General Ezra Barkins, reaffirmed the Nigerian Army’s unwavering committedness to protecting citizens and restoring bid crossed Kwara State and neighbouring areas.

He further assured that troops would prolong assertive patrols and violative operations until each transgression elements threatening nationalist information are neutralized.

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