Zamfara Police Rescue 24 Kidnapped Victims

The Zamfara State Police Command says it has rescued 24 kidnapped victims from the bandits enclaves.
The rescue was carried out through the police tactical operatives in various locations of the State.
According to the State Police Commissioner, Mr. Ayuba Elkanah, with the support of the state government, Police Tactical Operatives deployed to different locations of the State succeeded in rescuing 24 kidnapped victims in Shinkafi and Tsafe Local Gvernment Areas of the State, respectively.
“Among them were the four students of Government Day Secondary School , Birnin Yero in Shinkafi Local Government Area who were abducted while writing their WAEC Exams and one other student of Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda,” he said.
According to him, Police Tactical operatives deployed along Shinkafi axis, while on search and rescue operations with regards to the abduction of students of Government Day Secondary School, Birni Yero in Shinkafi Local Government Area, and other victims, acted on intelligence information and rescued the students along with eight others.
“The victims who spent 60 days in captivity have now been rescued unconditionally. All the rescued victims will be medically checked, undergo Police debriefing before handing them over to the state government to be re-united with their families,” he stated.
He further stated that two Golf Vehicles with registration number AE 535 ARG and GUS 274 XF conveying passengers from Kano to Sokoto were blocked by armed bandits along Wanzamai village and they abducted all the passengers.
He said that on receipt of the distress call, Police Tactical Operatives deployed along Gusau – Tsafe – Funtua road embarked on extensive search and rescue operation and finally succeeded in the unconditional rescue of eleven passengers.