Police Claim Victory Over Bandits, Abort Kidnap On Gusau-Sokoto Road 

The Zamfara State Police Command has disclosed that its operatives aborted a kidnap attempt by bandits on the Gusau-Sokoto Road, on Wednesday.

GWG.ng gathered that the bandits, who were in large numbers, blocked the Gusau-Sokoto Road in an attempt to kidnap motorists plying the road. 

Sources in the area claimed that the bandits succeeded in abducting 26 passengers before the arrival of the security agents. 

However, the spokesman of the state Police Command, Yazid Abubakar, who confirmed the blockage of the road insisted that no one was kidnapped.

According to the PPRO, the police succeeded in chasing the bandits and repelled the kidnap attempt.

“The Zamfara State Police Command wishes to clear the air about the news going viral that bandits blocked the Gusau-Sokoto highway and abducted 26 travellers at Kwaren Kirya village under the Maru  Local Government Area of Zamfara State,” he said. 

“However, on 20 February 2024 at about 0900hrs information was received from Good Samaritans that bandits blocked the Gusau-Sokoto highway with the intent to perpetuate their nefarious acts.”

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