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| Zamfara Community Releases Names Of 85 Children, Women, Others Abducted By Terrorists |
| 2023-04-11 |
| [SAHARAREPORTERS] The Wanzamai community in Zamfara State's Tsafe Local Government Area has compiled a list of the 85 people kidnapped by suspected turbans on Friday. Although the victims' ages were not specified, it was learnt that they included women and kiddies. SaharaReproters had reported how the turbans kidnapped at least 80 children on Friday morning during a fresh operation in the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. This was confirmed to BBC Hausa by the parents of the victims who revealed that the children were between the ages of 12 and 17. They added that the victims were in the bush fetching firewood at about 8:00 a.m. when the turbans rounded them up and marched them away into the forest. A parent who said her 15-year-old son was kidnapped spoke to the BBC Hausa service about the attack and expressed concern about the children in captivity. "We are worried because we don’t know the condition of our children in captivity," she said. A journalist who covers insecurity in Northern Nigeria for foreign media, Yusuf Anka posted on Twitter, "At least 85 people, including teenagers and older men and women, were kidnapped by armed bandidos loyal to Ado Aleru in the communities of Wanzamai, Kucheri, and Yankara in the border areas between Zamfara and Katsina States on thursday. "This incident comes after the Nigerian military succeeded in killing four bandidos loyal to Aleru who were looking after his herds in Magazu areas." |
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