The Zamfara Police Command has rescued a Nigerien, Diddi Kadiri-Ibrahim, abducted from the Republic of Niger, in Shinkafi local government area of the state.
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Shehu Mohammed disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Gusau.
Mohammed said the victim was abducted on March 2, from his Abalak village, Tahoa state in the Republic of Niger.
He said the rescue followed a credible distress telephone call to the Zamfara state Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran on Wednesday evening.
The PPRO explained that under the state’s Peace and Reconciliation Committee machinery, the police and officials of the state government mobilised to the bushes in Shinkafi where they secured the release of the victim.
He said the victim had already been debriefed by the police while his medical fitness had been ascertained, “what remains now is to hand him over to his relations.’’
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Also speaking, Dauran said, “when we received the distress call that a white man was seen on motorcycle being transported by armed bandits around Shinkafi area, we quickly mobilised police personnel and together, we went there.
“I called and enquired from the neighbouring states of Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi, Niger, and Kaduna if there was any kidnap case of an expatriate.
