{"id":3122,"date":"2025-11-23T10:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T10:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=3122"},"modified":"2025-11-23T10:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T10:55:07","slug":"police-foil-bandits-attack-rescue-25-abducted-victims-in-zamfara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/23\/police-foil-bandits-attack-rescue-25-abducted-victims-in-zamfara\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Foil Bandits\u2019 Attack, Rescue 25 Abducted Victims In Zamfara"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Zamfara state Police command says it has successfully foiled a bandits\u2019 attack and rescued 25 abducted victims after armed men invaded Kuraje village in the Damba area of Gusau Local Government Area.<br \/><br \/>The attack occurred on Friday at about 9:45 p.m. when \u201ca group of armed bandits in large numbers, wielding dangerous weapons and firing sporadically, attacked Kuraje village,\u201d the police said in a statement issued on Saturday by the command\u2019s spokesperson, DSP Yazid Abubakar.<br \/><br \/>According to the statement, the assailants abducted \u201c10 women along with 15 of their children, all residents of the community,\u201d before fleeing towards the outskirts of the area.<br \/><br \/>Abubakar said joint patrol teams from the Damba Division and the department of Operations, Gusau working alongside the community protection guards responded immediately after receiving the distress call. The operatives \u201cswiftly mobilized to the scene,\u201d confirmed the attack and \u201cpursued the fleeing bandits,\u201d engaging them in what the police described as \u201ca coordinated and strategic operation.\u201d<br \/><br \/>Their effort led to the safe rescue of all 25 victims, whom the police said were \u201csuccessfully rescued unhurt\u201d and relocated to Sabongari Damba for safety and proper profiling.<br \/><br \/>The statement added that the women and children have since been reunited with their families.<br \/><br \/>The Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Balarabe Maikaba, commended the officers for their gallantry, describing their response.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zamfara state Police command says it has successfully foiled a bandits\u2019 attack and rescued 25 abducted victims after armed men invaded Kuraje village in the Damba area of Gusau Local Government Area. The attack occurred on Friday at about 9:45 p.m. when \u201ca group of armed bandits in large numbers, wielding dangerous weapons and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police Foil Bandits\u2019 Attack, Rescue 25 Abducted Victims In Zamfara - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police Foil Bandits\u2019 Attack, Rescue 25 Abducted Victims In Zamfara\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/23\/police-foil-bandits-attack-rescue-25-abducted-victims-in-zamfara\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Foil Bandits\u2019 Attack, Rescue 25 Abducted Victims In Zamfara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police Foil Bandits\u2019 Attack, Rescue 25 Abducted Victims In Zamfara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/23\/police-foil-bandits-attack-rescue-25-abducted-victims-in-zamfara\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-23T10:55:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/POLICE.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/23\\\/police-foil-bandits-attack-rescue-25-abducted-victims-in-zamfara\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/23\\\/police-foil-bandits-attack-rescue-25-abducted-victims-in-zamfara\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/34d95b457bd6c03953d3c5b1068fe0fa\"},\"headline\":\"Police Foil Bandits\u2019 Attack, Rescue 25 Abducted Victims In Zamfara\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-23T10:55:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/23\\\/police-foil-bandits-attack-rescue-25-abducted-victims-in-zamfara\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":227,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/23\\\/police-foil-bandits-attack-rescue-25-abducted-victims-in-zamfara\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/POLICE.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/23\\\/police-foil-bandits-attack-rescue-25-abducted-victims-in-zamfara\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/23\\\/police-foil-bandits-attack-rescue-25-abducted-victims-in-zamfara\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/23\\\/police-foil-bandits-attack-rescue-25-abducted-victims-in-zamfara\\\/\",\"name\":\"Police Foil Bandits\u2019 Attack, Rescue 25 Abducted Victims In Zamfara - 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