Troops have rescued three abducted women in Makundang village, Mangor District, Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, according to Operation Enduring Peace.
The operation’s spokesperson, Captain Polycarp Chinonso Oteh, confirmed the rescue to journalists in Jos on Saturday, Punch and Vanguard reported.
Security sources quoted in the reports said all three women were unharmed and had been reunited with their families. The women are aged 18, 18 and 19.
The sources said troops from Sector 5 launched a search after receiving a distress report about the abduction. Soldiers confronted the abductors, who abandoned the women and fled into surrounding bush, according to that account.
Punch also spoke to residents of Makundang about the abduction. Resident Jude Simon said families in the community had been afraid after learning that the women had been taken.
The security sources said troops were continuing to search for the abductors. Neither report announced any arrests in connection with the rescue.
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