On 30th December, 2025, at about 1630 hours, operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Command, while on confidence-building patrol along the Gusau–Dansadau Road, sighted several distressed motorists and commuters who had been blocked by armed bandits.
Upon sighting the bandits, police operatives swiftly engaged the bandits, forcing them to retreat into the bush with possible gunshot injuries, abandoning their victims in the process.On reaching the scene,
it was discovered that the bandits had earlier abducted women and children travelling from Wanke to Gusau and were in the process of taking them into the bush before abandoning them due to pressure from the police.
The operatives successfully rescued the victims and conveyed them in a police vehicle to Gusau. The rescued persons are:1. Blessing Emeka2. Fatima Saidu3. Shamsiya Saidu4. Umar Saidu5. Bashar Umar
A statement signed by the command public relations officer DSP Yazid Abubakar said the rescued victims were promptly given medical attention and have since been reunited with their families.The Commissioner of Police, Zamfara State Command,
CP Ibrahim Balarabe Maikaba, psc+, reassures members of the public of the Command’s continued commitment to safeguarding lives and property and urges citizens to continue supporting the Police with timely and credible information
