Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of the District Head of Lingyado and four other in a fresh armed bandits attack in the village.
The State Police Command Public Relations Officer SP Shehu Muhammad said, during the armed bandits operation, the residents of the area contacted the Joint Police and Military units stationed at Bindin who quickly responded to the distress call by arriving at the village to counter the armed bandits threat.
SP Shehu further said, their arrival averted the ill – intention of the bandits who wanted to kidnap as many residents as possible.
It will be recalled that the Zamfara State government in collaboration with the state police command and other sister security agencies has stationed 80 combined Police Mobile, Soldiers and Civil Defence in many vulnerable areas in the state to counter the threat of armed bandits.
Currently, the Police search and rescue team in collaboration with the Military are in the forest of the sarrounding area to rescue the district head and the 4 other kidnapped victims.
The police image maker therefore called on the public to report armed bandits threat of any kind to the security agencies in any part of the state for early response by the security agencies
