A combined team of security officers has rescued 16 people kidnapped by gunmen in Bura and the surrounding forests between the local governments of Ningi and Toro de Bauchi State.
The operation was carried out by a team of security officers made up of personnel from the police, military and other quasi-security teams.
This was stated in a press release on Monday by the spokesman for the Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed Wakili.
Wakili said agents from the Operation Restore Peace unit also killed dozens of suspected kidnappers during an exchange of fire that lasted more than two hours.
“The event occurred on Saturday, September 2, 2023; five of the victims suffered injuries of varying degrees, while the remaining 11 were rescued unharmed.
“On September 2, 2023, at around 11:00 p.m., Operation Restore Peace, on a routine patrol, broke into the kidnappers’ lair located on top of the mountain located in the area of the Shande village of Kurmi , a village on the outskirts of Burra.
“Seeing the team of combined agents, the kidnappers started shooting at the agents. In response, the agents repelled the kidnappers with superior firepower, which lasted for about two hours,” Wakili said.
“Efforts are intensifying to arrest and prosecute fleeing suspects with possible gunshot wounds; The investigation into the incident is still ongoing.
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“Bauchi State Police Command Commissioner Auwal Muhammad has urged the public to immediately report suspected individuals with suspected gunshot wounds to visit any medical care facility to the nearest police station, or call the number emergency/police toll, 08151849417,” he said. aggregate.
Wakili explained that the injured were evacuated to Burra General Hospital, where they are receiving medical treatment.
He said the injured are Shuaibu Kurmi Burra Village, Bammi Kongoro Burra Village, Mai Unguwa Shende Burra Village, Dantsoho Mai Shayi Kurmi Burra Village and Abubakar Matigwai Burra Village of Sumaila LGA Kano State.
Among the 11 victims rescued unharmed are three women, Zahariya Ibrahim17 from Dana Village Burra; Walida Idi, 16, from Sabon Gida Mazai Village Burra; Maryam Shehu, 25, from Sabon Gida Mazai Village Burra,
The men are Abubakar Adamu, 15, from Ruwan Dinya village, Burra, Muntari Badamasi, 40, from Shaka Leme village, Burra, and Ibrahim Abdullahi, 15, from Ruwan Dinya village, Donkey.
Others are Sani Abdullahi, 10, from Ruwan Dinya Village Burra; Ibrahim Rabi’u, 30, from Shaka Leme Village Burra; Isah Tashi, 20, from Kere Village Burra, Tasi’u Abdullahi, 30, from Shaka Leme Village Burra and Saleh Umaru 35 from Matigwai Village, Sumaila LGA Kano State.
Among the 16 rescued victims, 14 are from the Ningi and Toro local governments of Bauchi state, while two are from the Sumaila local government area of Kano state.