From Maiharaji Altine
Zamfara state police command has rescued 14 kidnapped victims who have been in bandits’ camp for 68 days.
The spokesperson of the command, SP Mohammed Shehu said, the victims were rescued by the police tactical operatives in conjunction with the vigilante group during a mop up at Munhaye forest in Tsafe local government area of the state.
Shehu said, “On 10th March 2023, the Police Tactical Operatives in conjunction with the vigilante, while on mop up operation near Munhaye forest, successfully dislodged some bandits’ camp belonging to a recalcitrant bandits’ Kingpin called “Dogo Sule”.
“As a result of the operation, 14 hostages, comprising of two male adults, seven female and five children below the age of two years were rescued”.
Shehu maitained that in the course of debriefing, the victims informed the police detectives that, on January 1, 2023, at about election o’clock in the night, large number of suspected bandits armed with sophisticated weapons stormed Anguwar Mangoro and Gidan Maidawa villages in Gusau LGA and abducted them to their camp where they spent 68 days in captivity.
He said, “The victims who were in sympathetic condition have been taken to the Police clinic in Gusau for medical treatment and thereafter re-united with their families and relations.
The state’s Commissioner of Police CP Kolo Yusuf congratulated the victims for regaining their freedom.
The commissioner reassured that the police would remain committed in protecting the lives and properties of the citizens.
