The Police Command in Zamfara State, in collaboration with the state government’s Peace Committee, has facilitated the release of 11 persons who were kidnapped in the state by suspected bandits.
The Spokesperson of the police command, Mohammed Shehu, disclosed this in a statement, adding that the victims were abducted on June 4, 2021, near Wanzamai Village, along Gusau-Zaria Road in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Shehu noted that all the kidnapped victims were medically checked by the government’s medical team before being reunited with their families.
He said, “They (victims) were taken to the forest by their abductors. But the police operatives in collaboration with the state government Peace Committee and some repentant bandits swung into action and eventually succeeded in rescuing all the victims hale and hearty.”