Bungudu chairman, four others escape kidnappers in Zamfara

By Idris Salisu, Gusau
GUSAU — The Chairman of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Hon. Nura Umar Abdullahi, and four other kidnap victims have escaped from captivity and been received by troops of Operation Fansan Yamma.
The victims escaped in the early hours of Thursday, September 24, 2026, in the general area of Kaura Namoda Local Government Area and were subsequently secured by troops deployed in the vicinity.
Abdullahi was abducted from his residence in Bungudu town in July 2026.
In a statement, the Media Information Officer of the Joint Task Force, North West, Operation Fansan Yamma, Lieutenant Colonel Aliyu Danja, said the victims escaped during an intelligence-...