Troops, hunters capture five suspected kidnappers in Yobe

Troops of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI, successful collaboration with the Yobe State Hunters Group, person arrested 5 suspected kidnappers during a coordinated raid cognition successful Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State.

Security expert, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this successful a station connected X.

Makama said that the cognition was conducted astatine astir 2:00 p.m. connected July 23 pursuing credible quality connected the activities of suspected kidnappers successful Jegalari village.

According to him, troops of the 233 Battalion, deployed astatine Damaturu Military Cantonment, stormed the hideout successful conjunction with the section hunters, starring to the apprehension of 5 suspects identified arsenic Hassan Lawan (28), Isah Bello (30), Haruna Suleiman (20), Ibrahim Bello (20), and Ahmadu Haruna (19).

He added that during the operation, information unit recovered 3 locally fabricated AK-47 rifles, 1 locally made pistol, 2 rounds of 7.62mm Special ammunition, 12 rounds of 9mm pistol ammunition, 3 Tecno mobile phones, and 1 Android phone.

“Preliminary probe revealed that the suspects are indigenes of Ririn Village successful Rano Local Government Area of Kano State. They identified themselves arsenic members of the Fulani taste radical and claimed to beryllium cattle rearers.

“The suspects and the recovered exhibits ...