{"id":176872,"date":"2025-08-30T12:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T11:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/zamfara-bandits-free-70-abductees-after-military-airstrikes"},"modified":"2025-08-30T13:13:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T12:13:19","slug":"zamfara-bandits-free-70-abductees-after-military-airstrikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-free-70-abductees-after-military-airstrikes","title":{"rendered":"Zamfara bandits free 70 abductees after military airstrikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Seventy kidnap victims have been released by bandits in Zamfara State following sustained air and ground operations under Operation FANSAN YANMA.<\/p>\n<p>The development was shared in a post on X by security analyst Zagazola Makama on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Makama said that on Thursday, more than 150 bandits attacked villages in Bukuyum LGA, including Ruwan Jema, Yashi, Gasa Hula, Kurfan Danya, Rafin Maiki, Ruwa Rana, and Barikin Daji, and abducted residents.<\/p>\n<p>Makama said the bandits first tried to escape with the hostages after making large ransom demands.<\/p>\n<p>However, troops swiftly deployed both ground and air assets to the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn sighting NAF aircraft, the bandits became disoriented. They released the victims into the surrounding bushes and attempted to escape on motorcycles. Six women managed to escape that same day,\u201d Makama wrote.<\/p>\n<p>They said that the continued bombardment ultimately forced the bandits to release all the remaining hostages.<\/p>\n<p>A week earlier, the military launched heavy strikes on bandit camps in Gyado Forest, killing over 100 fighters, including top commanders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Seventy kidnap victims have been released by bandits in Zamfara State following sustained air and ground operations under Operation FANSAN YANMA. The development was shared in a post on X by security analyst Zagazola Makama on Saturday. Makama said that on Thursday, more than 150 bandits attacked villages in Bukuyum LGA, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":176870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[8542,591,254,150],"class_list":["post-176872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-airstrikes","tag-bandits","tag-nigeria","tag-zamfara"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zamfara bandits free 70 abductees after military airstrikes - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Seventy kidnap victims have been released by bandits in Zamfara State following sustained air and ground operations unde ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-free-70-abductees-after-military-airstrikes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zamfara bandits free 70 abductees after military airstrikes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Seventy kidnap victims have been released by bandits in Zamfara State following sustained air and ground operations unde ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-free-70-abductees-after-military-airstrikes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-30T11:07:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-30T12:13:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756543560.685549.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-free-70-abductees-after-military-airstrikes#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-free-70-abductees-after-military-airstrikes\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zamfara bandits free 70 abductees after military airstrikes\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-30T11:07:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-30T12:13:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-free-70-abductees-after-military-airstrikes\"},\"wordCount\":183,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-free-70-abductees-after-military-airstrikes#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756543560.685549.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Airstrikes\",\"bandits\",\"Nigeria\",\"Zamfara\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-free-70-abductees-after-military-airstrikes#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-free-70-abductees-after-military-airstrikes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-free-70-abductees-after-military-airstrikes\",\"name\":\"Zamfara bandits free 70 abductees after military airstrikes - 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