{"id":105069,"date":"2023-12-23T20:35:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T19:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/troops-rescue-52-kidnap-victims-in-sokoto"},"modified":"2023-12-23T22:52:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T21:52:59","slug":"troops-rescue-52-kidnap-victims-in-sokoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-52-kidnap-victims-in-sokoto","title":{"rendered":"Troops rescue 52 kidnap victims in Sokoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Troops of the Joint Task Force North-West, Operation Hadarin Daji, OPHD, have rescued 52 kidnapped victims in a successful and well-coordinated operation in Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement it shared on its official X account, the Army said that this was in continuation with the onslaught against terrorists through a series of clearance operations in their Areas of Responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said that the feat was recorded on December 22, 2023, when the troops cleared and destroyed terrorist enclaves at Saruwa, Kubuta, Gundumi villages, and Bunwanga Gundumi forest in Isa LGA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the operation, the troops of the OPHD rescued 52 kidnapped victims while several terrorists were neutralised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rescued victims include 14 males, 32 females, and 6 children who will undergo a medical check-up, debrief, and hand over to appropriate authorities to reunite them with their families,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Troops of the Joint Task Force North-West, Operation Hadarin Daji, OPHD, have rescued 52 kidnapped victims in a successful and well-coordinated operation in Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State. In a statement it shared on its official X account, the Army said that this was in continuation with the onslaught against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":105068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[1570,2140,254,1665],"class_list":["post-105069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-troops"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Troops rescue 52 kidnap victims in Sokoto - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Troops of the Joint Task Force North-West, Operation Hadarin Daji, OPHD, have rescued 52 kidnapped victims in a successf ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-52-kidnap-victims-in-sokoto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Troops rescue 52 kidnap victims in Sokoto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Troops of the Joint Task Force North-West, Operation Hadarin Daji, OPHD, have rescued 52 kidnapped victims in a successf ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-52-kidnap-victims-in-sokoto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-23T19:35:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-23T21:52:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/sm_1703351889.150983.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-52-kidnap-victims-in-sokoto#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-52-kidnap-victims-in-sokoto\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Troops rescue 52 kidnap victims in Sokoto\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-23T19:35:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-23T21:52:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-52-kidnap-victims-in-sokoto\"},\"wordCount\":156,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-52-kidnap-victims-in-sokoto#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/sm_1703351889.150983.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\",\"Troops\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-52-kidnap-victims-in-sokoto#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-52-kidnap-victims-in-sokoto\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-52-kidnap-victims-in-sokoto\",\"name\":\"Troops rescue 52 kidnap victims in Sokoto - 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