How A Brave Nigerian Soldier Died While Trying To Rescue Nursing Mother From Bandits In Katsina

<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: var(--font-color-black);">A Nigerian soldier has died while he was trying to rescue a nursing mother from bandits in Katsina.</span></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZ3IdMK2wnxKjT6_NpgoaK2x9FNd5CdY86LP-1FNouYmW-n6y7xH_l2xS2eyKM8OaMGHFPmS6IZKWAQPsocgmVe7Ub5oLslXWj81DoMR2ujuiGVPp83qwiqPiR9jUenx6CtOJ8ec4t_I6/s500/Nigerian-soldiers-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZ3IdMK2wnxKjT6_NpgoaK2x9FNd5CdY86LP-1FNouYmW-n6y7xH_l2xS2eyKM8OaMGHFPmS6IZKWAQPsocgmVe7Ub5oLslXWj81DoMR2ujuiGVPp83qwiqPiR9jUenx6CtOJ8ec4t_I6/s320/Nigerian-soldiers-1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="color: green; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></figure><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">According to The PUNCH, the Operation Sahel Sanity troops based in Faskari Local Government Area, Katsina State, lost a soldier who tried to rescue the nursing mother during a gun duel between the troops and bandits at Diskuru village.</span></p><div align="center" style="color: green; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The troops however killed five bandits and rescued three kidnapped women and their babies during the encounter which occurred on Thursday, October 29.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, confirmed the development in a press statement made available to journalists in Katsina on Sunday.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The statement read in part, “On October 29, 2020, troops swiftly responded to a distress call about bandits activities at Diskuru village in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“The incident was recorded as the marauding bandits storm the village on several motorcycles, shooting sporadically with the intent to scare the locals and loot valuables.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“On arrival, the gallant troops engaged the criminals in a fierce firefight forcing them to withdraw in disarray. Resulting from the encounter, three bandits were neutralised by the troops as several others were believed to have escaped with various degrees of gunshot wounds. During the exploitation phase, two additional bandits’ bodies were discovered along their withdrawal route.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Also in the aftermath of the encounter, three women and their infants earlier kidnapped by the bandits were rescued from the criminals. Troops continue to dominate the village and adjoining the environment to deny the bandits any respite.</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Regrettably, one brave soldier paid the supreme price in an attempt to save one of the rescued nursing mothers in the heat of the encounter.”</span></p><p style="color: var(--font-color-black) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The troops were also said to have arrested two suspected bandits collaborators identified as Samaila Usman and Idi Bello at Dan Ali village on October 27.</span></p>

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