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Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto
The Sokoto State Police Command has rescued 32 persons abducted by armed bandits and thwarted a major attack in Maikujera Village, Rabah Local Government Area, bordering Zamfara State.
The operation, carried out in the early hours of Tuesday, followed a distress call at about 8:30 a.m. reporting a large contingent of bandits moving with rustled livestock and multiple hostages while firing indiscriminately.
According to a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Rufai, the Divisional Police Officer of Rabah immediately mobilized tactical teams including the Anti-Kidnapping Unit and the Violent Crime Reaction Unit, VCRU.
The police teams also coordinated with the nearby Army Forward Operating Base, FOB, to establish blocking positions on all exit routes from the village in a bid to prevent the assailants from escaping with their…
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