Following report of abduction of 39 elders by armed bandits in Magamin Diddi village, the Zamfara State Police Command has launched a rescue operation to secure the release of the victims unharmed.
The command’s spokesperson, DSP Yazid Abubakar, in a statement on Monday, said the incident was reported by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Maradun Division following a letter submitted by the District Head of Magamin Diddi on June 8, 2026.
According to the report, the abduction occurred on June 7 at about 3:00 pm when a group of 47 residents of Magamin Diddi voluntarily mobilised and travelled to Fadama Forest within the Magamin Diddi axis to meet with the parents of a notorious bandit leader, identified as Jammo Smally.
The visit was reportedly aimed at fostering reconciliation and promoting peaceful engagement with the bandit group.
“While the meeting was ongoing, the bandit kingpin allegedly arrived at the location with members of his gang and forcefully abducted 39 members of the group to an unknown destination,” DSP Yazid said.
According to him, the command immediately activated efforts to trace the victims and secure their safe release.
“The operational assets have been deployed to the area, while security operatives are working with available intelligence to locate the abducted persons and rescue them unharmed,” the statement said.
DSP Yazid assured residents that the command is committed to ensuring the safe return of the victims and bringing those responsible for the abduction to justice.
“The Zamfara State Police Command wishes to assure members of the public that every effort is being made to ensure the victims are rescued unharmed, and the perpetrators are apprehended and prosecuted,” he said.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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