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A midnight attack by suspected bandits in Tangaram Village, located in the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, has resulted in the abduction of 13 residents.
According to local sources, armed assailants raided the community around 1:00 a.m. on Sunday, 24, May, 2026, the gunmen shot indiscriminately before breaking into residences and abducting villagers, fleeing in the direction of the Zamfara border.
The Kebbi State Police Command stated on Monday that the victims of the Tangaram Village attack remain in captivity, while combined security forces and local vigilantes actively intensify ongoing rescue and combing operations across the surrounding forests.
The spokesperson for the command, SP Bashir Usman, said preliminary investigations showed that all those abducted were adult male residents of the village, contrary to reports circulating in some quarters.
The abducted persons are still in captivity following the attack on Tangaram Village, Danko/Wasagu LGA.
Usman said, “Preliminary findings, however, confirm that all the victims are adult male residents of the village, contrary to reports being circulated.”
He added that security operatives had intensified coordinated rescue operations along border communities linking Kebbi and Zamfara states.
He added, “Police tactical teams, in collaboration with vigilante groups and other security agencies, have sustained coordinated rescue efforts along the border axis with Zamfara State with a view to ensuring the safe rescue of the victims and arrest of the perpetrators.”
An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the incident, described the attack as terrifying.
The sources said, “They came on motorcycles and started shooting into the air. People ran in different directions, but they forced their way into houses and took away several residents.”
The witness added that Tangaram and surrounding communities have suffered repeated attacks due to their proximity to forest corridors linking Kebbi, Zamfara, and Niger states.
Recent attacks in Danko/Wasagu have reportedly resulted in mass abductions, with some victims allegedly released after ransom payments running into millions of naira.
The latest attack has renewed concerns over worsening insecurity in border communities across Kebbi State, where residents continue to face recurring raids, kidnappings, and cattle rustling by armed groups operating along the North-West forest belt.
