Security forces overpower bandits, rescue 32 kidnap victims in Sokoto

Operatives of the Sokoto State Police Command, successful collaboration with the Nigerian Army, person rescued 32 kidnapped victims and foiled a large bandit cognition successful Maikujera Village, Rabah Local Government Area.

A connection by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmad Rufa’i, connected Monday said the cognition followed a distress telephone reporting the question of heavy equipped bandits with rustled livestock and kidnapped victims.

The connection said constabulary tactical teams, including the Anti-Kidnapping Unit and Violent Crime Reaction Unit, swiftly mobilized and, successful coordination with the Army Forward Operating Base, blocked the large flight routes.

According to the statement, a fierce weapon conflict ensued arsenic the information forces confronted the bandits, adding that overwhelmed by the superior firepower, the criminals abandoned the hostages and rustled animals earlier fleeing into the forest.

“A consequent hunt cognition led to the rescue of 32 kidnapped victims, comprising six big males and 26 females, astir of them children.

“The rescued victims were evacuated to information and are receiving me...