DAURA — Bandits have abducted over forty people including 39 children working on a farm from different parts of Faskari and Funtua Local Government Areas of Katsina State.
Faskari Local Government Area which shares borders with Zamfara State has been at the receiving end of armed banditry and kidnapping in the last six years, with over fifty villages now deserted by residents fleeing the incessant attacks by bandit gangs in the Rugu Forest.
Salisu Shehu, a resident of Faskari who confirmed the incident said the bandits have already contacted the families of some of the abducted children demanding the sum of N30 million as ransom.
The state Police Command’s spokesman, SP Gambo Isah said police operatives have been dispatched to the forest area in an effort to rescue the abducted victims,
He, however, did not disclose the actual number of persons abducted during the attack but gave an assurance that the police were making frantic efforts to rescue the victims.
“Yes, we got the report and we’re working to rescue them, I will get the full details of the abduction including the exact number of the captives as sent to me by the DPO, and get back to you”, said SP Isah in a telephone interview.
The federal government had since 2019 launched Operation Sahel Sanity and stationed a Nigerian Army Super camp in Faskari as part of efforts to restore security in the area.
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