Commissioner of police in Zamfara state, Ayuba Elkanah, has said operatives repelled the bandits’ attack and forced them to retreat and escaped back to the forest with gunshot wounds.
In a statement he issued yesterday in Gusau, Elkanah said the command
has a very effective working synergy with other security agencies in the
ongoing operations against criminal elements in the state.
He added that apart from the joint operations in the hinterlands and
patrols within cities and towns in Zamfara, on 7th January, 2022,
military operatives deployed along Dansadau Road in Maru local
government area intercepted and rescued 17 kidnapped victims who
were abducted on 14th December, 2021 in Wamba Village of Mariga
local government area of Niger State.
17 rescued victims were handed over to the command by the Brigade
Commander 1 Brigade Nigerian Army, Gusau, where they were
medically checked, debriefed by the police and handed over to the
commissioner of police Niger State Command who would reunite the
victims with their families.
