The Nigerian Armed Forces have made a major burst in the
fight against banditry and terrorism in the country.
Joint troops have intercepted N60 million being taken to
criminals as ransom for the freedom of captives.
The shocking angle is that some of the couriers nabbed are
operatives of yet-to-be-disclosed security agencies.
The military, in intelligence-driven operations, also
rescued kidnapped victims including women and children.
The assault conducted by a Nigerian Army squadron and
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Special Forces took out a number of the bandits
The contingent is of the 271 NAF in Birnin Gwari and Army
Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Gwaska, Kaduna.
“N60,000,000 in cash, petroleum products and sophisticated
weapons, were recovered during the operations”, an operative told PRNigeria.
“We will refer the case of the arrested couriers, who have
identifications with security agencies, to the Department of State Service
(DSS) and Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) for further investigation.”
Troops also recovered vehicles, AK-47 rifles, magazines,
various kinds of ammunition and mobile phones.
It was gathered that the DIA alerted the DSS and the
military that some persons were to move questionable funds through Kaduna.
“After the hint, the DSS and the military deployed Special
Forces to the road. The suspects were caught and the hostages rescued “, a
source said.
It is unclear if the N60million intercepted was from a
single operation nor if the victims were part of those seized after the March
28 deadly attack on the Kaduna-Abuja train.
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