{"id":157277,"date":"2025-03-31T09:58:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T08:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/troops-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-victims-after-intense-gun-battle-in-taraba"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:07:41","slug":"troops-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-victims-after-intense-gun-battle-in-taraba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-victims-after-intense-gun-battle-in-taraba","title":{"rendered":"Troops foil kidnap attempt, rescue victims after intense gun battle in Taraba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army\/Sector 3, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force, have thwarted a kidnapping attempt along the Takum-Jalingo road.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued out on Sunday by the Acting Brigade spokesperson, Captain Oni Olubodunde, the success was made possible following a distress call from road users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActing on a distress call from road users, the security operatives swiftly mobilized to Muji Town, where armed kidnappers had ambushed an 18-seater Toyota bus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon arrival, the troops engaged the criminals in a fierce gun battle, using superior firepower that forced the assailants to abandon their captives and flee into the forest,\u201d Olubodunde said.<\/p>\n<p>Two individuals, identified as Mr. Yakubu Usman from Angwan Abuja in Takum and Mr. Godwin Peter from Angwan Dadin Kowa, according to him, were rescued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Peter sustained injuries during the attack and was promptly taken to a medical facility for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, the remaining passengers were able to continue their journey safely\u201d, the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The 6 Brigade Nigerian Army reaffirmed its commitment to securing Taraba State and urged the public to provide timely and credible information to aid security efforts against criminal activities.<\/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 the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army\/Sector 3, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force, have thwarted a kidnapping attempt along the Takum-Jalingo road. In a statement issued out on Sunday by the Acting Brigade spokesperson, Captain Oni Olubodunde, the success was made possible following a distress call [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":157276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,3685,1665],"class_list":["post-157277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-taraba","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 foil kidnap attempt, rescue victims after intense gun battle in Taraba - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army\/Sector 3, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), in collaboration with the Nigeria Police ...\" \/>\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\/policy\/troops-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-victims-after-intense-gun-battle-in-taraba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Troops foil kidnap attempt, rescue victims after intense gun battle in Taraba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army\/Sector 3, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), in collaboration with the Nigeria Police ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-victims-after-intense-gun-battle-in-taraba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-31T08:58:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T14:07:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1743402962.877756.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\/policy\/troops-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-victims-after-intense-gun-battle-in-taraba#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-victims-after-intense-gun-battle-in-taraba\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Troops foil kidnap attempt, rescue victims after intense gun battle in Taraba\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-31T08:58:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-04T14:07:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-victims-after-intense-gun-battle-in-taraba\"},\"wordCount\":217,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-victims-after-intense-gun-battle-in-taraba#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1743402962.877756.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"taraba\",\"Troops\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-victims-after-intense-gun-battle-in-taraba#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-victims-after-intense-gun-battle-in-taraba\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-foil-kidnap-attempt-rescue-victims-after-intense-gun-battle-in-taraba\",\"name\":\"Troops foil kidnap attempt, rescue victims after intense gun battle in Taraba - 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