Former President Goodluck Jonathan received former Kano governor and ex-APC national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, at his residence in Abuja.

Ganduje paid a courtesy visit to Jonathan, with a video of the meeting shared online on Wednesday. The meeting comes amid political moves ahead of the 2027 elections.

Days ago, Jonathan expressed confidence in APC candidates contesting the Bayelsa East election ahead of the 2027 polls.

He spoke at his residence in Yenagoa when a delegation led by former Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah, visited him.

The delegation included NDDC MD, Samuel Ogbuku, and Bayelsa APC Chairman, Warman Weri Ogoriba. The visit was to introduce the APC candidates to Jonathan, a leader from Bayelsa East.

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Six kidnapped victims have been rescued by troops of Sector 2, Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP), during separate encounters with suspected terrorists in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State.

The troops recorded the success at about noon on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, when those deployed at Kukawa responded to information about the movement of suspected terrorists towards Wanka Village in Wase LGA.

Security analyst Zagazola Makama, in posts on X on Wednesday, stated that the troops’ swift intervention forced the terrorists to flee on motorcycles.

He explained that, during an exploitation of the area, the troops rescued two kidnapped victims who had been abandoned by the fleeing terrorists.

Makama said, “The victims were identified as 14-year-old Muhammed Jibo and 12-year-old Muhammed Yahaya.”

He explained that the victims told the troops that they had been kidnapped on September 6, 2026, while on their way to meet their father at a farm in Dadin Kowa Village, Kanam Local Government Area.

In a separate operation, he said that at about 11 am the same day, troops deployed at Yuli on a fighting patrol made contact with suspected terrorists on the outskirts of Yuli Village in Wase LGA.

He said that during the encounter, the terrorists abandoned four kidnapped victims and fled into the forest.

Makama said, “The rescued victims were identified as Yakubu Yahaya, 25; Yahuza Dapji, 22; Yahaya Jibo, 20; and Sani Abubakar, 18, all from Dadin Kowa Village in Kanam LGA.”

The security analyst explained that the four victims were handed over to the Village Head of Yuli for further necessary action.