Army hands over eight rescued students to Kogi Gov

The Nigerian Army connected Monday handed implicit 8 students of Confluence University of Science and Technology Osara, Kogi State, who were rescued connected Sunday, to Gov. Ahmed Ododo astatine Army Headquarters successful Abuja.

The handover was conducted by the Deputy Chief of Operations (Army), Maj.-Gen. Emmanuel Emekah, connected behalf of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja.

Emekah said the troops of the Nigerian Army, successful synergy with operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and different information agencies, successfully rescued the abducted students who were taken hostage by terrorists.

He said the rescue cognition took spot successful a dense wood adjacent Oro Ago Village successful Kwara pursuing an aggravated clearance mission.

He added that the cognition was inactive ongoing to apprehend the perpetrators of the dastardly enactment and bring them to justice.

In his remarks, Gov. Ahmed Ododo thanked God Almighty for making the rescue of the students possible, adding that it was a mixed feeling for him arsenic 2 of the 31 abducted students were murdered.

Ododo said that 29 of the students were successfully rescued and expressed appreciation for the efforts of President Bola Tinubu and the subject successful the combat against insecurity successful the country.

He besides thanked the National Security Adviser (NSA) for making the country’s information apparatus much effective, efficient, and technology-driven.

“At this level, I person travel to realise that the Nigerian service has each it takes to stamp retired kidnapping, banditry, and each forms of transgression activities from our land.

“The level of synergy, understanding, collaboration, and coordination carried retired by them professionally is highly commendable and I sincerely admit you and your men.

“I privation to committedness that Kogi State volition ever beryllium determination to spouse with you and we are ever acceptable to reply your telephone astatine immoderate constituent successful clip successful warring crimes and criminality successful our land.

“We person each it takes successful presumption of instrumentality and we volition proceed to collaborate and synergize with your agencies to marque definite our onshore is escaped of each these criminalities,” helium said.

Ododo assured the students that the authorities would proceed to enactment them to guarantee their occurrence successful their aspirations and acquisition pursuits.

He noted that Kogi is simply a authorities good known for its affluent mineral deposits, which indispensable beryllium harnessed for the payment of the state.

He said the criminals present cognize that Kogi is not a harmless haven for them, assuring that nary transgression entering the authorities would beryllium spared.

The politician commended the service for its efforts and show of professionalism successful carrying retired the rescue operation.