Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation WHIRL STROKE (OPWS), have sustained intelligence-driven operations across their Joint Operations Area, leading to the arrest of a suspected kidnapper and the rescue of an abducted victim in separate operations in Nasarawa and Benue states.
In Nasarawa State, troops of Sector 2, OPWS, on Sept. 4, arrested a suspected kidnapper identified as Adamu Lamu at Agyaragu.
The arrest followed the escape of one of the alleged kidnapping syndicate’s victims, identified as 31-year-old Nehemiah Elisha.
According to preliminary information, Elisha, after escaping from his abductors, sighted one of the suspected kidnappers at a market in Agyaragu and alerted troops deployed in the area.
The troops swiftly responded and apprehended Lamu, who was subsequently handed over to the Nigeria Police for further investigation and legal action.
In a separate operation in Benue State, troops of the Chief of Army Staff Intervention Battalion XI, deployed at Torkula, rescued a kidnapped victim along the Umene-Torkula Road at about 10:07 a.m. on Sept. 6.
