Troops rescue 23 kidnap victims, foil kidnap attempt in Zamfara

Troops of Operation Fansan Yamma person rescued 23 kidnapped persons and foiled different kidnap effort by terrorists during counter-terrorism operations successful Zamfara State.

The operations were carried retired successful Anka and Bungudu Local Government Areas of the state.

The Media Information Officer of Operation Fansan Yamma, Col. Aliyu Danja, disclosed this successful a statement.

He said troops conducting a combat patrol connected the outskirts of Wuya Town successful Anka LGA encountered a radical of terrorists and successfully secured the merchandise of the 23 victims.

According to him, the rescued victims comprised 3 big males and 20 females.

Danja said preliminary investigations revealed that the victims were abducted by the terrorists from Gummi LGA and held captive for astir 3 weeks earlier they were rescued.

He added that the victims were presently receiving aesculapian attraction and different indispensable enactment earlier being reunited with their families.

In a abstracted cognition successful Bungudu LGA, the troops acted connected credible quality that equipped bandits had stormed Dankurmi Town with the volition of abducting residents.

The connection said the troops rapidly mobilised to the country and engaged the attackers successful a dense firefight.

It said the troops, utilizing superior firepow...