No fewer than nine children that were abducted by bandits have been have been rescued by operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command.
The children were rescued from Gora-Namaye Community in Maradun Local Government Area of the state.
Briefing newsmen of their rescue on Sunday, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Yazid Abubakar said, “On 3rd June, 2023 at about 2014hrs information was received from the district Head of Gora-Namaye village in Maradun LGA that nine children comprising males and females who were sent by their parents to fetch firewood in the bush were intercepted and abducted by armed bandits.
“Receiving the report, the joint police and other security agencies mobilized to the scene and commenced a search and rescue operation that led to the rescue of the children.”
The victims have been reunited with their families unconditionally, according to the police spokesperson of the command.
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“Efforts are still on in tracing the hoodlums for prosecution,” Abubakar said.
In another development, four persons escaped death in a serious auto crash which occurred in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, on Sunday.
According to the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Fredrick Ade Ogidan, who confirmed the incident, two men and two females sustained injuries in the accident involving two vehicles which occurred along the Federal Secretariat Fate highway in Ilorin metropolis at about 1630hours.
It was gathered that eight passengers were involved in the accident, though no death was recorded.
The accident involved a private black-coloured Saloon Sonata car registered LSD269HZ, driven by one Samuel Timileyin and a black commercial Bajaj boxer motorcycle with registration number LEM003VF driven by one Rasheed.
The injured persons sustained bruises and fractures in the multiple crashes and were taken to Sarfam Hospital in the state capital, Fredrick Ogidan further disclosed.