{"id":150202,"date":"2025-02-13T11:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T10:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerian-army-troops-foil-robbery-attempt-rescue-two-in-kaduna"},"modified":"2025-02-16T00:10:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T23:10:34","slug":"nigerian-army-troops-foil-robbery-attempt-rescue-two-in-kaduna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerian-army-troops-foil-robbery-attempt-rescue-two-in-kaduna","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Army troops foil robbery attempt, rescue two in Kaduna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) have successfully thwarted a robbery attempt and rescued two victims in separate incidents in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State.<\/p>\n<p>According to counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama, who disclosed the incident in a post on X, the first attack occurred on February 11 at about 7:45 p.m. along the Wasa\u2013Ankwa road.<\/p>\n<p>Troops responded to a distress call and arrived at the scene to find that armed robbers had blocked the road. Upon sighting the advancing security personnel, the criminals abandoned their victim, identified as Mr. Benjamin Yakubu, and fled into the bush. The troops cleared the road, restoring normal movement, while Yakubu was evacuated to General Hospital, Gwantu, for medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>Later that evening, at about 8:45 p.m., another attack was reported along the Unguwan Mallam\u2013Aboro road.<\/p>\n<p>Troops stationed at Unguwan Mallam swiftly responded to an ambush on Malam Bashir Ibrahim while he was returning home. The assailants fled upon the arrival of security operatives.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim was rescued and taken to Unguwan Mallam Primary Health Care Hospital for treatment. A knife was recovered at the scene of the attack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) have successfully thwarted a robbery attempt and rescued two victims in separate incidents in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama, who disclosed the incident in a post on X, the first attack occurred on February 11 at about 7:45 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":150201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[254,1665],"class_list":["post-150202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","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>Nigerian Army troops foil robbery attempt, rescue two in Kaduna - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) have successfully thwarted a robbery attempt and rescued two victims in separate i ...\" \/>\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\/nigerian-army-troops-foil-robbery-attempt-rescue-two-in-kaduna\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigerian Army troops foil robbery attempt, rescue two in Kaduna\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) have successfully thwarted a robbery attempt and rescued two victims in separate i ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerian-army-troops-foil-robbery-attempt-rescue-two-in-kaduna\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-13T10:16:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-15T23:10:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739433011.409882.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"739\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"415\" \/>\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\/nigerian-army-troops-foil-robbery-attempt-rescue-two-in-kaduna#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerian-army-troops-foil-robbery-attempt-rescue-two-in-kaduna\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigerian Army troops foil robbery attempt, rescue two in Kaduna\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-13T10:16:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-15T23:10:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerian-army-troops-foil-robbery-attempt-rescue-two-in-kaduna\"},\"wordCount\":208,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerian-army-troops-foil-robbery-attempt-rescue-two-in-kaduna#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739433011.409882.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Troops\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerian-army-troops-foil-robbery-attempt-rescue-two-in-kaduna#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerian-army-troops-foil-robbery-attempt-rescue-two-in-kaduna\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerian-army-troops-foil-robbery-attempt-rescue-two-in-kaduna\",\"name\":\"Nigerian Army troops foil robbery attempt, rescue two in Kaduna - 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