Nine kidnap victims rescued in Kwara
Nine persons abducted by suspected kidnappers have been rescued during a joint security operation involving Kwara State Forest Guards, the State Security Service (SSS), local hunters and vigilantes in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State.
PREMIUM TIMES recently reported that security operatives found Owa-Onire town in Ifelodun Local Government Area largely deserted after repeated attacks by armed groups forced residents to flee.
The latest rescue also comes weeks after President Bola Tinubu approved the establishment of a new Nigerian Army battalion in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area, as part of efforts to strengthen military operations against banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes in the state.
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