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Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, in collaboration with the police and vigilance group deployed in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Sunday, foiled an attempt by suspected bandits to abduct 39 Islamiya girls.
Coordinator of Defence Media Operations Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Sunday, also said that the troops also recovered eight rustle cattle from the bandits.
Enenche said the victims have been reunited with their families while the recovered cattle are handed to the owners.
According to him, the incident happened on December 19.
The statement read: “Troops received a distress call about 11:30 pm on December 19 from locals at Mahuta village, that suspected bandits were moving with some Islamiya pupils, mostly girls, and rustled cattle.
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John Enenche in a statement on Sunday, however, said that the children were returning from Maulud programme at Unguwar Al-Kasim village when they were kidnapped.
Enenche said the troops received a distress call at about 11:30 pm. on Saturday from locals at Mahuta village that suspected bandits were moving with unconfirmed numbers of Islamiya children mostly girls and rustled cattle. How troops rescued abducted Islamiya students from bandits in Katsina. [Twitter/@DefenceInfoNG]
He said the troops mobilised to the scene, laid ambush and blocked bandits’ route along Daudawa-Kadisau and road Sheme Mairuwa and Unguwar Audu village.