The Police Tactical Operatives in Zamfara have rescued nine hostages abducted last Monday in Kucheri, a community in the Tsafe Local Government area of Zamfara State.
The victims comprise seven females and two males.
The rescue of the victims according to the police was sequel to credible information obtained from a good Samaritan which assisted the Police in successfully rescuing the victims hale and hearty.
The freed hostages were medically checked at a police health facility in Gusau and thereafter reunited with their families
This success is coming barely forty-eight hours after troops of Operation Hadarin Daji neutralized seventeen armed bandits, repel attacks, recover riffles and motorcycles in Maradun and Birnin Magaji Local Government areas
Kucheri Village is along the troubled Gusau/Tsafe road and is about two kilometers from Wanzamai village where eighty-five women were abducted by fleeing bandits last Friday
Kucheri, Magazu, Wanzamai, and other communities along Gusau/Tsafe /Yankara Road have in recent times suffered attacks and kidnappings for ransom despite efforts by security agencies to rid the area of criminal elements.
