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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, in collaboration with the police and vigilance group deployed in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Sunday, foiled an attempt by suspected bandits to abduct 39 Islamiya girls.<\/p>\n

Coordinator of Defence Media Operations Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Sunday, also said that the troops also recovered eight rustle cattle from the bandits.<\/p>\n

Enenche said the victims have been reunited with their families while the recovered cattle are handed to the owners.<\/p>\n

According to him, the incident happened on December 19.<\/p>\n

The statement read: \u201cTroops received a distress call about 11:30 pm on December 19 from locals at Mahuta village, that suspected bandits were moving with some Islamiya pupils, mostly girls, and rustled cattle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe children were returning from a Maulud programme at Unguwar Al-Kasim village.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile patiently waiting for the bandits at their ambush and blocking position, troops established contact with bandits and engaged them.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the fierce battle, troops superior firepower forced bandits to abandon the children and the rustled cattle, thereby forcing the bandits to flee in disarray into the forest.<\/p>\n

\u201cTroops thereafter searched the general area and rescued the 39 kidnapped girls in addition to the recovery of 8 rustled cattle.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, in collaboration with the police and vigilance group deployed in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Sunday, foiled an attempt by suspected bandits to abduct 39 Islamiya girls. Coordinator of Defence Media Operations Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Sunday, also said that the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":33706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,225,254,2078],"class_list":["post-33707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-katsina","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian-troops"],"yoast_head":"\nNigerian troops foil attempted kidnap of 39 girls in Katsina - Nigeria<\/title>\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\/nigerian-troops-foil-attempted-kidnap-of-39-girls-in-katsina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigerian troops foil attempted kidnap of 39 girls in Katsina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press – Nigeria. 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