Police rescue 14 kidnapped victims in Zamfara

THE Zamfara Police Command has dislodged a bandits’ camp and rescued 14 kidnapped victims in Zamfara.

The victims had spent 68 days in captivity before they were eventually rescued by the police.

According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), this was contained in a statement issued in Gusau on yesterday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Muhammad Shehu.

According to him, “On 10th March, 2023, Police tactical operatives in conjunction with the vigilante group, while on a Mop Up Operation near Munhaye Forest, successfully dislodged some bandits’ camp belonging to one recalcitrant bandit kingpins, popularity known as Dogo Sule.

“As a result of the operation, 14 hostages, made up of two male adults, seven female and five children below two years old, were rescued.

“The victims informed the Police detectives that, on 1st January, 2023, at about 2300hrs, a large number of suspected bandits, armed with sophisticated weapons, stormed Anguwar Mangoro and Gidan Maidawa villages in Gusau Local Government Area and abducted the victims to their camp where they spent 68 days in captivity.

“The victims who were in sympathetic condition, and have been taken to the Police clinic, Gusau, for medical treatment and thereafter reunited with their families/relations,” Shehu explained.

He said the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Kolo Yusuf, has congratulated the victims for regaining their freedom, and reassured of the command’s continuous commitment to protect lives and property of the citizens.

(Nation)