Bandits kidnap 23 teenage girls, widows in Zamfara

<p>Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have kidnapped twenty three females in Damaga District of Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State.</p>, <p>A resident of the area, Malam Ahmed Mohammed disclosed this in a telephone interview with DAILY POST on Thursday night.</p>, <p>According to him, the incident occurred on Wednesday at about 12:00 pm, when the victims went to the bush in search of firewood.</p>, <p>“The victims were mainly teenage girls and widows but the terrorists set free the children among them.</p>, <p>“As I am talking to you, twenty three of them are now in captivity,” he said.</p>, <p>The bandits also invaded Talata Madara town, the headquarters of Talata Madara Local Government Area of Zamfara State and kidnapped ten staff of a road construction company, Triacta.</p>, <p>A resident of the area, Malam Abdulrahman Yusuf, disclosed that the hoodlums stormed the town at about 11:00 pm on Wednesday and began shooting sporadically.</p>, <p>He added that they went straight to the house of a former member representing Talata Madara and Anka in the House of Representatives, Hon. Kabiru Classic.</p>, <p>“The bandits were successfully chased out by the military after spending one and a half hours operating in the town,” he said.</p>, <p>However, efforts to get response from the State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ASP Yazeed Abubakar proved unsuccessful as all his telephone lines were not reachable.</p>