Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 21 kidnapped victims in a major counter-banditry operation across Kwara and Kogi States.
The Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, 2 Division Nigerian Army, Polycarp Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
Okoye, a Lieutenant Colonel, said the operation followed coordinated offensives by troops of the 12 Brigade Lokoja and 22 Armoured Brigade Ilorin.
The rescued victims include 14 males, five females, an infant, and four Chinese nationals who were abducted from various locations across Kwara and Kogi States.
He said that some of the victims had been in captivity for more than four months before the military’s intensified operations forced the bandits to release them.