Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of two Corps members deployed from Benue to Kebbi and Sokoto states by unknown gunmen along Tsafe-Gusau road.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer SP, Mohammed Shehu, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Gusau, the Zamfara State’s capital.
He said the Command had received report of their abduction from the State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Zamfara State, Namalam Muhammad Taura, in Gusau.
According to the statement, the command received the report when the Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Elkanah, visited the Orientation Camp at Tsafe, Tsafe Local Government Area.
He said Elkanah had visited the NYSC orientation camp to assess the existing security emplacement to ensure safety and security of the prospective corps members arriving at the camp for the two weeks orientation exercise.
It explained that, the Command had commenced investigation into the incident with a view to establishing the actual number of persons abducted, adding that a team of security forces had been deployed to rescue the victims.
All efforts to get details from the NYSC State Coordinator Namalam Muhammad Taura, proved abortive due to suspension of mobile network in Tsafe local government and other places.
SANI HARUNA.
