{"id":314,"date":"2025-02-12T14:01:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/troops-foil-kidnapping-attempt-rescue-three-victims-in-plateau\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T14:01:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:01:47","slug":"troops-foil-kidnapping-attempt-rescue-three-victims-in-plateau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/troops-foil-kidnapping-attempt-rescue-three-victims-in-plateau\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops Foil Kidnapping Attempt, rescue Three Victims In Plateau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have successfully foiled a kidnapping attempt and rescued three victims along the Barkin Ladi-Mangu road in Mairana village, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p>The operation was carried out on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, following intelligence on the abduction.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement issued by security analyst Zagazola Makama on his official X handle.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the victims were kidnapped at approximately 7:45 a.m. on February 11.<\/p>\n<p>In response, troops from Sector 8 of Operation Golden Peace swiftly mobilized to the scene and discovered a red Ford Space Bus parked along the roadside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe troops immediately launched a search operation in the surrounding bushes, leading to the successful rescue of the three victims unharmed,\u201d Makama stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kidnappers, upon sighting the advancing security personnel, abandoned the victims and fled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further noted that the rescued victims were reunited with their vehicle and continued their journey safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Grace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.5) - 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