Troops rescue 48 kidnap victims in Zamfara

Troops of Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA person rescued 48 kidnap victims pursuing a swift effect to a violent onslaught connected Magami village, Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday, 26 July 2026.

This is contained successful a connection by the Media Information Officer

Joint Task Force (North West) Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Lt-Col Aliyu Danja, on Sunday.

Danja said the cognition was launched aft troops of Sector 2 received a distress telephone indicating that a ample radical of terrorists, riding astir 40 motorcycles, had invaded the community.

According to him, the terrorists rounded up galore residents with the volition of taking them into the bush, portion different radical remained astatine the outskirts of the colony with the motorcycles.

He added that connected accomplishment astatine the scene, the troops instantly engaged the terrorists successful a fierce firefight, forcing them to wantonness the kidnapped victims and fly into the surrounding bush, noting that the punctual involution led to the palmy rescue of each 48 abducted civilians.

“Regrettably, 1 civilian mislaid his beingness during the attack, portion 2 others sustained gunshot wounds and were evacuated to the General Hospital, Kaura Namoda, wherever they are presently receiving aesculapian treatment.