The Defence Headquarters has dispelled claims on social media that 500 villagers were abducted by bandits in a community in Zamfara.
It admitted that the actual number of villagers abducted was four.
The initial figure of 500 Abducted villagers was issued by a member of the House of Representatives from Zamfara State, Bello Shinkafi who added they were taken from 50 villages.
But Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen Edward Buba described the figure as “fictitious and exaggerated,” saying that “in reality, troops can confirm that four persons were abducted.”
The defence spokesperson said troops Operation HADARIN DAJI in Zamfara were “actively fighting a vicious enemy in a complex combat environment” within several factors on and off the battlefield.
He said: “It must be recalled that same was experienced during the Kuriga abduction during which the figures brandished were much higher than those truly abducted.”
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