A year-old child and 10 women have been rescued from the Gando forest in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
The victims, who were abducted by gunmen earlier, secured their freedom through the help of operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command after an extensive successful search and rescue operations.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Zamfara State, SP Mohammed Shehu, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen late Friday.
According to the PPRO, a group of terrorists invaded Manye village in Anka LGA on Monday 17th October, 2022 and abducted ten women and a year-old child to Gando forest in Bukkuyum LGA of the state where they spent three days in captivity.
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Shehu said the Commissioner of Police, CP Kolo Yusuf, swiftly dispatched more hands to assist the police and vigilantes in rescuing the victims.
He continued that the rescue was successful and lauded stakeholders, especially the Sole Administrator of Anka LGA, for their cooperation, making the job of the additional Police Tactical Operatives easy.
Shehu said, “On receiving the report, the Commissioner of Police, Yusuf Kolo, deployed additional Police Tactical operatives to reinforce the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Anka and vigilante in their rescue operation, a task that was successfully accomplished with the full support of stakeholders especially, the Sole Administrator of Anka Local Government Area.”
The Zamfara Command image maker said that all the rescued victims were taken to the hospital for a medical check, debriefed by police detectives and handed over to their families.
The Zamfara police spokesperson added that the Commissioner of Police congratulated the victims for regaining their freedom, and assured them that all the perpetrators will be apprehended and charged to court for prosecution.