Bandits abduct 10 in Kebbi communities, six rescued by police

Ten people have been abducted by bandits during coordinated attacks on Tungar Wazga and Unguwar Chiroma communities in Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State.

Though the police reported that 10 people were kidnapped during the attack, a source explained that the number of abductees was about 15, saying that some were freed after a gun battle between security operatives and the attackers.

According to him, “I can’t confirm how many are still in captivity, but I strongly believe that about six were rescued by the police.”

The Police spokesman, CSP Nafiu Abubakar, explained that the Divisional Police Officer in Danko mobilised a joint team of policemen and vigilantes, who pursued the bandits and intercepted them at Marina, a border village near Zamfara State.

He stated that during the fierce exchange of fire, the bandits abandoned six of their victims and fled into the forest with gunshot injuries, adding that the attackers had crossed into Kebbi from Zamfara.

Those rescued victims, he said, are aged between 11 and 25 and have since been reunited with their families after medical checks.