Abutu Yaro, Zamfara Commissioner, Foils Kidnap Attempt, Rescues Victim

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Abutu Yaro is determined to stamp out insecurity in Zamfara State<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Abutu Yaro&comma; the Commissioner of Police in Zamfara State&comma; has foiled a kidnap attempt in Shinkafi Local Government Area&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Victim&comma; according to available information to this online medium&comma; has been rescued&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a statement signed by the Command’s spokesperson&comma; Superintendent Mohammed Shehu and made available to NAOSRE on January 2&comma; a combined team of Police Mobile Force and CTU attached to the &&num;8220&semi;Operation Puff Adder&&num;8221&semi; responded within minutes and foiled the attack&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The statement reads&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;On 2nd January&comma; 2021at about 04 30hour &comma; the Command received a distress call that armed bandits in their large number came to the outskirts of Shinkafi with intent to kidnap innocent members of the community&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Combined team of PMF&sol;CTU attached to the &&num;8220&semi;Operation Puff Adder&&num;8221&semi; responded quickly and foiled the attack&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Similarly&comma; one Samaila Langa&comma; a 30 year Old&comma; who was kidnapped by the bandits during the incident was successfully rescued by the combined efforts of the Police and leaders of the repentant bandits&period; The victim has been reunited with his family after being debriefed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Normalcy has been restored with improved confidence building patrols in Shinkafi and its environs&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;