Forty-eight residents abducted during a deadly bandit invasion of Magami village in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State have been rescued after troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, launched a swift counter-operation that forced the attackers to flee.
The rescue took place in the early hours of Sunday after troops attached to Sector 2 received intelligence that dozens of heavily armed terrorists riding about 40 motorcycles had stormed the community, attacked residents and taken scores of people hostage.
Military authorities said the gunmen had already gathered the captives and were preparing to move them into the forest while another group waited on the outskirts of the village with the motorcycles that would be used to transport the victims.
Troops Rescue 48 Residents Following Large-Scale Bandit Attack in ZamfaraResponding quickly to the distress
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