…ex-deputy governor released in Nasarawa
The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara State, Kolo Yusuf, has commended the resilience of the joint police and military deployed to neutralise bandit attacks and the activities of other criminal elements in the state.
“The Commissioner of Police made the commendation, following the feat recorded during a fierce confrontation with suspected bandits in a community under Tsafe LGA, where an attempted banditry attack on the community was repelled and two suspected bandits were neutralized, while others reportedly fled, some of them with gunshot wounds,” the statement read.
In related development in nearby Nasarawa State,the kidnapped ex-deputy governor of the state, Gye-Wado has been released. Gye-Wado was abducted last Friday.
Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer in Nasarawa State, confirmed the release to Channels Television on Monday.
Nansel said the former deputy governor spent two days in captivity before his release on Sunday night, following sustained pressure from a search and rescue team.
The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara State, Kolo Yusuf, called on the public to improve and sustain their partnership with the security agencies in an effort to restore lasting peace and security in the state.
The police commissioner reassured the public of improved and sustained police commitment in the ongoing campaign against the resurgence of banditry activities in the state.
He tasked members of the communities on effective collaboration with all the security agencies in the state in order check the activities of bandits and other undesirables and foster peace across the state.
