Military rescues 60 victims, arrests 44 suspects

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) have rescued more than 60 kidnapped victims and arrested 44 suspects during operations nationwide.
The Director, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Maj.-Gen. Michael Onoja, disclosed this on Saturday while briefing defence correspondents on operations carried out between Sept. 18 and 24.
Onoja said the operations were conducted against terrorism, kidnapping, arms trafficking, oil theft and other security threats across the country.
Given a breakdown of the operations, he said that a Nigerian Air Force jet disrupted the movement of terrorists conveying a large number of kidnapped victims around Bazama, Sakab...