Troops rescue 16 kidnapped victims in Kogi

Troops have rescued 16 kidnapped persons after engaging suspected bandits in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi.
The victims comprised six males, six females and four children, according to an operational report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday.
The report said the victims were abducted on Saturday, Aug. 9 along Ojuwo-Ajengo-Memarebo and Ojiwo-Itobe roads in Ofu Local Government Area of the state.
It said the operation followed intelligence that the victims were sighted around Adumu community in Dekina.
According to the report, the search-and-rescue operation involves troops of 21 Battalion and Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Lugard, the police, vigilantes a...