KADUNA: Gunmen have abducted dozens of people from a north-western Nigerian village, according to two local representatives and a UN source, just days after the kidnapping of more than 250 pupils from a school in the same region.
Criminal gangs often carry out mass kidnappings in north-west Nigeria, targeting schools, villages and highways.
Tuesday’s abductions in Kaduna State’s Kajuru district came as security forces searched for the pupils who were kidnapped last week from their school in Kuriga village about 150km away.
The spate of abductions is challenging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government, which promised to tackle insecurity | AFP…
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