The Gora-Namaye Community in the state’s Maradun Local Government Area was the location of nine children who had been kidnapped by bandits, according to the Zamfara State Police Command.
The information was revealed in a statement released in Gusau on Sunday by the Command’s public relations officer, ASP Yazid Abubakar.
“On June 3, 2023, at around 14:00 hours, information was received from the district head of Gora-Namaye village in Maradun LGA that nine children, including males and females, who had been sent by their parents to fetch firewood in the bush were intercepted and abducted by armed bandits,” the man added.
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“Receiving the report, the joint police and other security agencies mobilised to the scene and commenced a search and rescue operation that led to the rescue of the children.”
The police spokesperson added that the Command has already reunited the victims with their families unconditionally.
“Efforts are still on in tracing the hoodlums for prosecution,” Abubakar said.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that bandits had on Saturday attacked some communities in the same Maradun LGA killing some innocent persons.
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