Rundunar Sojin Najeriya ta ce dakarun Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, sun ceto mutane 12 da aka yi garkuwa da su a hanyar wucewa daga Imo zuwa jihar Adamawa.
Rundunar ta ce an kubutar da mutanen ne a ranar Laraba a kauyen Jootar da ke karamar hukumar Ukum a jihar Benue.
A cewar kwamandan Operation Whirl Stroke, Manjo Janar Sunday Igbinomwanhia, masu garkuwa da mutane sun yi amfani da wani shingen binciken babbar hanyar ‘yan sandan tarayya da aka yi watsi da su.
“A wani samame na baya-bayan nan, biyo bayan sahihin bayanan sirri kan ayyukan masu garkuwa da mutane, dakaru 1 OPWS, a ranar 21 ga Fabrairu, 2024, a kauyen Jootar da ke karamar hukumar Ukum ta jihar Benue, sun ceto mutane 12 da aka yi garkuwa da su daga jihar Imo zuwa jihar. Jihar Adamawa.
“Lokacin da suka ga sojojin OPWS masu karfin wuta, masu garkuwa da mutane sun gudu, suka bar wadanda abin ya shafa,” in ji shi.
Igbinomwanhia ya ce an gano motar bas mai kujeru 18 mallakar Taraba Express International mai lamba GKA-371XA daga ramin mai garkuwa da mutane inda aka kaita inda sojojin suke.
Wadanda aka ceto sun hada da Mista Sule Abu mai shekaru 55 da Ashhie Shuaibu mai shekaru 26 da Master Suleiman Abdullahi mai shekaru 3 da Zainab Salau mai shekaru 35 da Muritala Yussuf mai shekaru 22 da Zainab Saidu mai shekaru 45 da Hammed Mamud mai shekaru 51 da Usman Ali. 27, Mr Nura Abubakar, 24, Mr Mohammed Aliyu, 20, Mrs Felicia Asusi, 29, da Mista Jacob Nathaniel, 22.