JOINT SECURITY NEUTRALIZE SCORES OF KIDNAPPERS, RESCUES 16 VICTIMS IN BAUCHI STATE
No fewer than 16 kidnapped victims were rescued from kidnappers' den by Operation Restore Peace (ORP), which comprises police, military, and other quasi-security outfits, particularly local hunters during a raid on kidnappers’ hideouts on 2nd September 2023 on top of the mountain situated in the Shande area of Kurmi, a village on the outskirts of Burra, Lame Burra Forest in Ningi LGA, Bauchi State.
The information available indicates that the kidnappers on sighting the security operatives opened fire to impede the security performing the rescue exercise. Subsequently, the security synergism with their defensive firepower overwhelmed the kidnappers in a gun duel that lasted for about two hours resulting in neutralizing scores of the kidnappers while the other suspects escaped with various degrees of injuries.
The rescued victims are Zahariya Ibrahim, 17, female, from Dana Village, Burra; Walida Idi, 16, female, from Sabon da Mazai Village, Burra; Maryam Shehu, 25, female, from Sabon Gida Mazai village, Burra; Abubakar Adamu, 15, male, of Ruwan Dinya village, Burra; and Muntari Badamasi, 40, male, of Shaka Leme village in Burra.
Others are Ibrahim Abdullahi, 15, male, from Ruwan Dinya village, Burra, Sani Abdullahi, 10, male, from Ruwan Dinya village, Burra; Ibrahim Rabi’u, 30, male, from Shaka Leme village, Burra; Saleh Umaru, 35, male, of Matigwai village in Sumaila Local Government Area of Kano State; Isah Tashi, 20, male, from Kere Village, Burra; and Tasi’u Abdullahi, 30, male, ‘ from Shaka Leme Village, Burra.
Victims who were rescued with injuries and currently receiving medical treatment at Burra General Hospital include Alh. Shuaibu, from Kurmi village, Burra; Alh. Bammi, from Kongoro village, Burra; Mai Unguwa Shende village, Burra; Dantsoho Mai Shayi, from Kurmi village, Burra; and Abubakar, from Matigwai village, Sumaila Local Government Area of Kano State.
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