Nigerian troops of Sector 7, Operation Enduring Peace, have foiled an attempted kidnapping along the Godogodo–Gidan Waya road in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The troops also rescued a man identified as Baba, who sustained gunshot wounds during the incident.
The development was disclosed in a Friday post on X by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region.
According to security sources, the incident occurred at about 12:09 a.m. on Friday, October 2, 2026, after troops deployed at Godogodo received a report of an attempted abduction.
