The Zamfara police command says security agents, have rescued 187 persons kidnapped from several communities across the state.
Zamfara police spokesman, Mohammed Shehu, in a statement on Thursday, said the abducted persons included men, women and children, and they have been handed over to the state government.
He said: “Following the implementation of the new security measures by the Zamfara state government, the police and other security agencies have been carrying out assaults on identified bandits’ locations in different parts of the state, with a view to ridding the state of all recalcitrant bandits and other criminal elements,”
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“Today, 7th October, 2021, police tactical operatives, in a joint operation at Tsibiri forest in Maradun local government area of the state, succeeded in the unconditional rescue of 187 victims abducted in Rini, Gora, Sabon Birni and Shinkafi communities in Bakura Maradun and Shinkafi LGAs, respectively.
“The abducted victims, who had spent many weeks in captivity, were unconditionally rescued following an extensive search-and-rescue operation that lasted for hours.”
