No fewer than 40 kidnapped victims in Kyairu, Kyaram, and Alkama communities in the Bukkuyum Local Government area of Zamfara State have been rescued by troops of Operation Hadarin Daji.
This was disclosed by the Army authority, in a statement obtained by NIGERIACRIME.
According to the statement, the victims were abducted when armed bandits invaded Kyairu, Kyaram, and Alkama communities in the state.
The successful operations is as a result of an intelligent report of heavily armed bandits’ movement in the areas affected, the statement added.
The statement reads, “The troops however mobilized to the area, blocked the bandits’ route, and engaged them in a fire-for-fire operation which lasted for hours forcing the bandits to flee into the forest and abandon the kidnapped victims.
“On 17th July 2023, following an Intelligent report that Armed bandits had kidnapped an unspecified number of persons from villages around Bukuyyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
“The Troops immediately mobilized swiftly for a fighting patrol and established blocking positions around the bandits’ withdrawal routes around Kyairu/Kyaram and Alkama villages in Bukuyyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.”
It also noted that the 40 rescued kidnapped victims were reunited with their families, while ten of them were handed over to the local chief of Gwashi to connect them with their respective families.
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Recall that this is the second time in one week that troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued kidnapped victims at various bandits’ enclaves and routes in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of the State.
In another development, an Akwa Ibom State Police Command on Tuesday rescued two suspected thieves who were on the verge of being lynched by angry mobs according to a press statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon, in Uyo.
According to the statement, Ubong Sunny Ossom of Ikot Edebe village in Nsit Atai LGA, who was accused of stealing two bottles of Campari at Godslight Supermarket, Ekpene Ukim, in Uruan LGA, was about to be burnt alive when the police patrol team arrived.
Similarly, Christian Effiong of Nung Atai Okobo village in Okobo LGA, who stole a generator at Mount Zion Church Ikot Ambon in Ibesikpo Asutan LGA, was also rescued by police officers as he was about to be burnt alive.
The Police PRO, who kicked against stealing, however, condemned the spate of jungle justice in the state, saying: “Whereas the command condemns in totality the act of stealing, which is a crime, subjecting the perpetrators to jungle justice is not in tandem with our legal system.”
He said Commissioner of Police Olatoye Durosinmi has warned perpetrators to desist forthwith or face arrest and prosecution.