Enenche said the troops had on Dec. 20 responded to a distress call on bandits’ activities in the area and engaged them accordingly.
According to Enenche, troops overwhelmed the criminals with superior firepower and forced them to abandon the ten kidnapped victims before fleeing in disarray.
“The rescued kidnapped victims have been reunited with their families,” he said.
Enenche also disclosed that troops of Operation Whirl Stroke killed one bandit, arrest two others in two encounters in Benue on Monday.
He said the troops received credible intelligence on the presence of some bandits around Anguwa-Onmbaagbu general area in the state.
According to him, the bandits were linked to the recent killing of a Makurdi based lawyer and his wife.