The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2 Division of the Nigerian Army and Commander, Sector 3, Operation FANSAN YAMA, Maj. Gen. Chinedu Nnebeife, has led troops in a successful rescue operation in Kwara State.

The Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 2 Division, Lt. Col. Polycarp Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

Okoye said the GOC, during an operational visit to Patrol Base Babanla on Thursday, led troops to advance into Babasango Forest, where they rescued two kidnapped victims.

He added that the victims were later handed over to the traditional ruler of Ayekale, Oba Pius Oluwole Onidofin of Idofin Odoeshe Ayekale.

According to him, the visit followed a bandits’ attack near Idofin in Omu-Aran Local Government Area, where three traders were killed at Olegbede village.

“Oba Oluwole attributed the attacks to the community’s proximity to Babasango Forest and appealed for sustained military presence.

Maj. Gen. Nnebeife commiserated with the royal father and assured that the Nigerian Army would sustain ongoing operations to clear the forest of bandits and other criminal elements,” he said.

(NAN)