“We are still gathering details and we will make it public after we complete our investigations'' Gunmen Councillors Zamfara Nigeria Insecurity
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Shehu Mohammed confirmed the development to newsmen in Gusau. He, however, said that “all three have been released.
“We are still gathering details and we will make it public after we complete our investigations, but the commercial vehicle that they were driving in, is currently at a police station.”The command spokesman, however, said the command was not aware of the demand or if it was paid. Earlier, the Chairman of Gummi local government, Kabiru Sarkin Aski, had informed newsmen that one of the abducted councillors, Murtala Arzika was able to escape.News Agency of Nigeria reports that there has been resurgence of banditry and other criminal activities in some parts of the state.
The belief in government and security circles is that the criminal activities are being perpetrated by bandits who refused to embrace the peace initiative introduced by Gov. Bello Matawalle in 2019.
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