Three farmers who were abducted last week by gunmen suspected to be bandits have been rescued by soldiers inside a forest after their escape from the enclave of the marauders.
In the early hours of Sunday, July 19, troops of the 17 Brigade, Nigerian Army, under Operation Fansan Yamma, rescued the three farmers after they escaped from their captors at a forest in Katsina State.
The names of the farmers were given as Surajo Aliyu, Anas Usman and Nura Jamilu, as it was gathered that they were abducted on July 14, while working on their farms in Anguwan Danhalima, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State and taken to Katsina.
According to a source in the know of the development, they were able to flee from their captors den during a downpour in the dead of the night and were later found by troops during a routine patrol near Unguwan Doka in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Reports said the rescued farmers have received initial medical care from personnel of the Nigerian Army and are expected to be reunited with their families within days.
In another sad development, on Sunday night, bandits stormed Barayar Zaki village in Kwargaba Ward, Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing two persons and injuring four others.
The attackers also abducted a number of residents and equally made away with a large number of livestock.
The Northern part of the country, especially the North-West, has been under the grips of bandits and terrorists who unleash mayhem on residents of various communities in the states that make up the region, killing some and abducting others for ransom.
