Police rescue four kidnapped young girls in Zamfara

The Zamfara State Police has rescued four young girls who were abducted by armed gunmen.

Spokesperson of the command, SP Muhammad Shehu, who revealed this in a statement on Saturday, June 26, stated that the girls were kidnapped about three weeks ago in Bilbis village in Tsafe Local Government Area of the state.

"Following directives by the Commissioner of Police in Zamfara, CP Hussaini Rabiu, the command deployed police tactical operatives attached to Operation Restore Peace to the area with a mandate to rescue the kidnapped women hale and hearty.

"In compliance to the directives, on June 25, the operatives worked on credible intelligence that led to the successful rescue of the kidnapped victims. All the victims were medically treated at the hospital and later debriefed by the police before being reunited with their families," he stated.

According to Shehu, efforts are ongoing to arrest perpetrators of the crime in order to face the full wrath of the law.