Soldiers kill 3 bandits, rescue 4 victims

Soldiers have gunned down three suspected bandits and rescued four of their victims in Nasarawa-Jibo Forest in Kachia LGA of Kaduna State.

A community leader, who preferred anonymity, who disclosed this to our reporter through telephone on Sunday, said the troops who were led by hunters from neighbouring Nasarawa-Azzara and Kurmin-Kare communities, invaded the bandits’ hideout and engaged them in a gun duel, which forced many of them to abandon their captives and flee.

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A hunter, simply identified as Shehu, who was part of the operation, said two men and women who were abducted last week while working on a farm in Nasarawa-Jibo community, were rescued.

The spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, ASP Hassan Mansur, was yet to comment on the incident.