The Deputy Director Army Public Relations Officer,1 Division Nigerian Army Kaduna, Col Ezindu Idimah on Monday disclosed that troops of Operation Thunder Strike have rescued the other four students of Government Day Secondary School Gwagwada in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, who were abducted on their way to school on Oct. 10.
Bandits terrorizing Kaduna/Abuja highway on October 10, abducted 10 students of the school while on their way to school. However, the quick intervention of troops led to the immediate rescue of six out of the 10 students while the bandits escaped into the forest with the four.
In his statement Col. Idimah said “On Monday, October 14, at about 6 am, following a tip-off from a reliable source, troops raided the hideout of the bandits and successfully rescued the remaining 4 students without any injury. During the rescue operation, the bandits ran into the bush with gunshot wounds while abandoning the students after they had engaged the troops in a gun duel.”
Col. Idimah explained that, Operation Thunder Strike was a Defence Headquarters’ operation with troops drawn from the Army, Air Force, Police, Department of State Services and Civil Defence Corps.
Meanwhile, he informed that the students have been handed over to their parents at Gurmi village. (NAN)
