Nigerian army says it safely rescued 33 people kidnapped by gunmen

The report

The people were abducted while travelling through the country's north-western Zamfara state on Saturday

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Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of nigerian, army, safely, rescued, people: The people were abducted while travelling through the country's north-western Zamfara state on Saturday.