Zamfara council chairman, four others escape captivity

By Kingsley Omonobi
ABUJA — Troops of Operation Fansan Yamma have secured the Chairman of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Hon. Nura Umar Abdullahi, and four other kidnap victims after they escaped from captivity in the early hours of Thursday.
The victims escaped in the general area of Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of the state and were subsequently received by troops deployed in the vicinity.
The Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force North-West, Operation Fansan Yamma, Lt.-Col. Aliyu Danja, disclosed this in a statement issued in Gusau on Thursday.
According to Danja, Abdullahi was abducted from his residence in Bungudu town in July 2026, in an incident...