Nigeria: Zamfara Police Rescue 21 Abducted Islamiyya Pupils

The Zamfara State Police Command in Nigeria’s Northwest on Sunday said it had rescued 21 Islamiyya pupils abducted by bandits along the Gusau-Tsafe-Funtuwa Road on December 31, 2021.

Briefing newsmen in Gusau, the spokesperson for the command, Mohammed Shehu, said the children include 19 boys and two girls.

He, however, said their teacher, Lawali Ibrahim, who was also kidnapped was yet to be not rescued.

According to the PPRO, the teacher of the children Ibrahim and the driver of their Hummer Bus vehicle were among the victims who werestill in captivity.

He stated that the Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Elkana, had already sent a reinforcement of police operatives to complement the effort of the joint security operatives currently working to rescue the remaining victims and apprehend the perpetrators.

Kaduna Police Kill One Bandit, Rescue Nine Victims

In another development, the Kaduna State Police Command has rescued nine people abducted by bandits.

One of the suspected bandits was killed while two others were arrested by security operatives.

Spokesman of the police command, Mohammad Jalige disclosed this in a statement issued yesterday in Kaduna.

Jalige said the victims were rescued when security operatives, in collaboration with local vigilantes stormed a notorious bandits’ camp belonging to one Isiya, located in a forest in Sabon Birni Village, Igabi Local Government Area of the state.

He added that two suspects – Rabe Baushe and Badamasi Usman were arrested and taken into custody for further investigation.

Jalige said one Bashir Hussain who sustained bullet injuries during the operations was rushed to Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital Kaduna for treatment.

The statement also said the state police commissioner, Mudassiru Abdullahi applauded the commitment and doggedness of the officers and tasked them to sustain the tempo so as to usher in 2022 on high note.

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