One of the four family members abducted in a recent bandit attack in Baban-Rami, Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State, has managed to escape.
The victims were identified as Suwaiba Sahabi Buba Abdullahi, Khadija Sahabi Buba Abdullahi, Fatima Sahabi Abdullahi, and Nafisa Sahabi Buba Abdullahi.
A source told Zagazola Makama that “Nafisa Sahabi Buba Abdullahi had successfully escaped from the abductors,” while efforts to secure the safe rescue of the remaining family members continue.
The attack followed an earlier incident in which the family head, Alhaji Sahabi Buba Abdullahi, was shot dead by suspected armed bandits.
In a related development, armed bandits reportedly detonated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along a bypass road near a damaged bridge in the Luma National Park forest axis of New Bussa.
The sources added that the attackers “also shot dead a cyclist plying the route, while a truck driver travelling towards Wawa unknowingly drove over another IED, which exploded and damaged the vehicle.”
The current location of the truck driver was not known at the time of the report.
Security forces, including tactical teams and local vigilantes, have been deployed to the area and are trailing the perpetrators.
