Bandits invaded Talata Madara town, the headquarters of Talata Madara Local Government Area of Zamfara State and kidnapped ten staff of a road construction company, Triacta.
A resident
of the area, Malam Abdulrahman Yusuf, disclosed that the hoodlums stormed the town
at about 11:00 pm on Wednesday and began shooting sporadically.
According
to report, gunmen suspected to be terrorists have kidnapped twenty-three
females in Damaga District of Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
A resident
of the area, Malam Ahmed Mohammed disclosed this in a telephone interview with
DAILY POST on Thursday night.
According
to him, the incident occurred on Wednesday at about 12:00 pm, when the victims
went to the bush in search of firewood.
“The
victims were mainly teenage girls and widows but the terrorists set free the
children among them.
“As I am
talking to you, twenty-three of them are now in captivity,” he said.
Malam
Abdulrahman Yusuf added that they went straight to the house of a former member
representing Talata Madara and Anka in the House of Representatives, Hon.
Kabiru Classic.
“The
bandits were successfully chased out by the military after spending one and a
half hours operating in the town,” he said.
However,
efforts to get response from the State Police Command’s Public Relations
Officer, PPRO, ASP Yazeed Abubakar proved unsuccessful as all his telephone lines
were not reachable.
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