Police rescue nine kidnap victims in Zamfara

According to the Zamfara State Police Command, nine individuals who were kidnapped on April 11 from Kucheri in the state’s Tsafe Local Government Area have been freed.

The victims—seven ladies and two males—were rescued on Thursday, according to CSP Muhammad Shehu, the command’s spokesman, who was speaking to press in Gusau.

“The rescue of the victims was sequel to credible information obtained from a good samaritan which the police used and successfully rescued the victims hale and hearty.

“The victims underwent medical check at the police clinic in Gusau, debriefed by police detectives and thereafter reunited with their families,” Shehu said.

He reassured the general public of the command’s sustained onslaught against the bandits and other criminal elements in the state.

NAN