NSA palms over 16 rescued kidnapped victims to Zamfara

No fewer than 16 rescued kidnapped victims have been handed over to the Zamfara State Authorities.

The victims had been kidnapped from Zurmi, Duran, and Gusau Metropolis in Zamfara State on April 22, 2024.

In keeping with an announcement on Thursday by the Head of Strategic Communications, Nationwide Counter-Terrorism Centre, Workplace of the Nationwide Safety Adviser, Abu Michael, the victims had been rescued in two batches on June 27, 2024, in Shinkafi and Tsafe Native Authorities Areas.

He mentioned the victims, comprising eight males and eight females, had been handed to the state authorities by the Nationwide Safety Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.

Michael mentioned, “In an illustration of its unwavering dedication in direction of the security and safety of Nigerians, the Federal Authorities has continued to document successes in numerous rescue operations of kidnap victims within the nation, because the Nationwide Safety Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on the Nationwide Counter Terrorism Centre, Workplace of the Nationwide Safety Adviser formally handed over 16 abductees to officers of Zamfara State Authorities.

“The victims who had been rescued in two batches on 27 June 2024 in Shinkafi and Tsafe LGAs comprised 8 males and eight females. They had been kidnapped from Zurmi, Duran, and Gusau Metropolis in Zamfara State on April 22, 2024, earlier than they had been efficiently rescued by a staff of safety operatives of the NCTC, ONSA.”

Whereas presenting them to officers of the state led by the Secretary to the State Authorities, Abubakar Nakwada, the NSA, mentioned the president was dedicated to ending kidnapping and different crimes ravaging the nation.

He mentioned, “NSA reiterated the resolve of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Authorities to rid the nation of kidnapping and different heinous crimes.

“He urged all residents and residents of Nigeria to proceed to assist the efforts of the safety companies in attaining the federal government’s imaginative and prescient of securing the nation. Ribadu assured that no stone can be left unturned in making certain a protected and resilient society.”

Ribadu said that the federal government was working with related companies to safe ungoverned areas utilized by prison parts to perpetrate crimes.

He mentioned, “The federal government is working assiduously with related authorities to shut up ungoverned areas which have continued to supply hiding locations for prison parts within the nation.”

The Nationwide Coordinator of the NCTC, Main Basic Adamu Laka, after presenting the rescued victims to the NSA for his or her official handover, appealed to Nigerians to at all times and well timed report suspicious actions and characters to safety operatives to engender proactive response.

He recalled that just a few weeks in the past, 22 kidnapped college students and workers of the Federal College Gusau, Zamfara State, had been additionally efficiently rescued by joint efforts of safety companies coordinated by the NCTC.