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A military operation was launched after unidentified gunmen
kidnapped the group as they traveled through the Tsafe area of
Zamfara on Saturday, army spokesman Aliyu Danja said in a
statement. He did not say which group was behind the attack.
“The troops engaged the terrorists with effective fire, forcing
them to abandon the victims and flee into adjoining bushes,”
Danja said. “The troops then secured and rescued all 33 abducted
persons.”
The army is working to track the “fleeing terrorists,” he added.
Zamfara has seen a surge in killings and abductions in recent
months. At least 32 people were killed in separate attacks in
the state in June alone.
Apart from the conflict in the northwest and north-central
regions of the West African country, an insurgency in the
northeast has killed thousands of people and displaced millions
of others, according to the United Nations.
Despite repeated promises by President Bola Tinubu to address
the crisis, security challenges in Africa’s most populous
country have continued to deteriorate.
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