Plateau: Troops rescue kidnap victim, recover N8 million ransom
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Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Enduring Peace (JTF-OPEO), have rescued a kidnapped victim and recovered the ransom paid by the family during a coordinated operation in Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday in Jos by Capt. Polycarp Oteh, media officer of Operation Enduring Peace.
Mr Oteh said that the victim was rescued on Saturday.
”She was earlier abducted at Bauna community of Shendam LGA on April 19.
”Troops, acting on an intelligence report, launched the operations. Through rigorous intelligence gathering and interrogation of an arrested suspect who confessed to the crime, troops were able to identify the victim’s location in Padam Forest in Qua’an Pan LGA.
”The victim has been reunited with her family after a thorough medical check. The N8 million ransom was handed over to the family,” he said.
Mr Oteh said troops are currently conducting operations on the kidnappers’ hideout within Qua’an Pan and Shendam LGAs to identify and apprehend other members of the syndicate.
(NAN)
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