The Zamfara State Police Command has rescued 27 victims who were kidnapped by a group in Akawa, Gwashi, Tungar Rogo and Anka villages and taken to bandits’ camps at Gando/Bagega and Sunke forests in the Bukkuyum and Anka Local Government Areas of the state.
While addressing newsmen on Saturday, the command’s spokesperson, SP Mohammed Shehu, stated that the rescue of the victims was sequel to the report received by the command that a group of terrorists invaded some villages in Anka and Bukkuyum local governments and abducted an unspecified number of people.
In his words,
“On receiving the report, the Commissioner of Police, Kolo Yusuf, deployed additional police tactical operatives to reinforce DPOs of Anka/Bukkuyum and vigilantes in the rescue operation of the abducted victims.
“Luckily enough, a well-coordinated search and rescue operation was carried out with the full support and partnership of the two Sole Administrators of Anka and Bukkuyum local governments.”
He emphasized that the outcome of the rescue operation was the unconditional rescue of 27 kidnapped victims.
He stated that 17 out of 27 rescued victims were brought to the Police Command’s Headquarters, while 10 other victims were in the hospital receiving medical attention following the trauma they passed through while in captivity.
Shehu stressed all the victims have been debriefed by the police detectives and the CP would formally hand them over to the Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs who would on behalf of Governor Bello Matawalle reunite them with their families.
