{"id":177183,"date":"2025-09-01T18:29:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T17:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/troops-rescue-abducted-women-children-in-sokoto"},"modified":"2025-09-01T19:38:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:38:47","slug":"troops-rescue-abducted-women-children-in-sokoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-abducted-women-children-in-sokoto","title":{"rendered":"Troops rescue abducted women, children in Sokoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian Army said its troops deployed under Operation Fansan Yanma, OPFY, have rescued nine persons abducted in Sabon Birni Local Government Area, LGA, of Sokoto State.<\/p>\n<p>Captain David Adewusi, Media Information Officer, OPDY, in in a statement on Monday said the troops also neutralized scores of terrorists in a successful ambush conducted in Shinkafi LGA of Zamfara State in the late hours of 31st September 2025.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the operation followed credible intelligence about the terrorists\u2019 movement along Isa \u2013 Shinkafi \u2013 Kaura Namoda Road which links Zamfara and Sokoto states from one end.<\/p>\n<p>During the operation, troops rescued nine kidnapped victims comprising three adult females and six underage children.<\/p>\n<p>The victims who were abducted from Garin Bature village in Sabon Birni LGA were immediately evacuated to the General Hospital Shinkafi for medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added that the troops also recovered one AK-47 rifle with two magazines containing 20 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, a motorcycle belonging to the terrorists, three mobile phones, and a pair of desert camouflage uniforms from the immediate surroundings of the ambush site.<\/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. The Nigerian Army said its troops deployed under Operation Fansan Yanma, OPFY, have rescued nine persons abducted in Sabon Birni Local Government Area, LGA, of Sokoto State. Captain David Adewusi, Media Information Officer, OPDY, in in a statement on Monday said the troops also neutralized scores of terrorists in a successful ambush [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":177182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[254,462,1665],"class_list":["post-177183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-nigeria","tag-sokoto","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 abducted women, children in Sokoto - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigerian Army said its troops deployed under Operation Fansan Yanma, OPFY, have rescued nine persons abducted in Sab ...\" \/>\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-abducted-women-children-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 abducted women, children in Sokoto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigerian Army said its troops deployed under Operation Fansan Yanma, OPFY, have rescued nine persons abducted in Sab ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-abducted-women-children-in-sokoto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-01T17:29:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-01T18:38:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1756739483.452912.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"447\" \/>\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-abducted-women-children-in-sokoto#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-abducted-women-children-in-sokoto\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Troops rescue abducted women, children in Sokoto\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-01T17:29:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-01T18:38:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-abducted-women-children-in-sokoto\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-abducted-women-children-in-sokoto#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1756739483.452912.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Sokoto\",\"Troops\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-abducted-women-children-in-sokoto#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-abducted-women-children-in-sokoto\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-rescue-abducted-women-children-in-sokoto\",\"name\":\"Troops rescue abducted women, children in Sokoto - 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