The state Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement on Monday said he was briefed at the Headquarters of Sector 7, Operation Safe Haven, Kafanchan, by the Sector Commander, Colonel D.C Nwakonobi, while on a routine visit to military formations across the Southern parts of the state on Monday.
He said four passengers were abducted from a vehicle plying the route, and on receiving a distress call, a patrol team from OPSH pursued the bandits and rescued the two victims. Efforts to apprehend the bandits and rescue the other victims are ongoing.
The commander also said that the troops rescued three herders after they had been attacked at a location in the same LGA.
The herders, Suleiman Mohammad, Hassan Adamu and Ya’u Mokariyo, along with their 86 cows were escorted to safety by the troops, as they proceeded on their way to Jagindi.
He said a robber, Umar Yusuf, was arrested by troops following an attack on private apartments which housed students of the College of Education, Gidan Waya.
The commander said these developments occurred between Sunday night and early hours of Monday. These were beside briefings on the general security situation in the five LGAs which make up the OPSH area of responsibility, namely, Sanga, Kauru, Kaura, Zangon Kataf and Jema’a.
In his response, Mr Aruwan on behalf of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, condoled the officers and men of Sector 7 over the death of Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and thanked the troops for their alertness and responsive stance in rescuing the abducted victims and the herders.