Ten persons, including an infant, abducted from Jibia mosque in Katsina state have escaped from their kidnappers.
They escaped from their abductors on Friday afternoon in Zurumi, Zamfara State.
Recall that 40 Muslim worshippers in a mosque at Abattoir Quarters on the outskirt of Jibia, Katsina State were kidnapped around 12.30am on Monday.
But security operatives, including Army, Police and allied forces rescued 30 of them on Tuesday afternoon, leaving 10 victims in the bandits’ camp.
Katsina State Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Gambo Isa, confirmed the escape of the abductees.
Isa said the victims were neither freed nor released but escaped, adding the last to escape was the woman with her baby.
A resident of Jibia town, who pleaded not to be identified, said the victims comprised seven males and three females, including an infant.
A family member of one of the escaped victims said they didn’t pay ransom for anyone.
The nursing mother told newsmen in Jibia they were helped by a woman married to one of the bandits.
“The woman only told us to keep running after she untied us,” she said.
