More than 80 residents from his village in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna State were snatched after gunmen marched them out of their homes
Waking up to a gunman shining a light around his house, Nigerian Yusuf Thomas took his chance to escape when his would-be kidnapper told him to lie still and walked away to make a call. He was lucky. More than 80 residents from his village in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna State were snatched after gunmen marched…Waking up to a gunman shining a light around his house, Nigerian Yusuf Thomas took his chance to escape when his would-be kidnapper told him to lie still and walked away to make a call.
Kaduna is one of the northwestern Nigerian states where heavily armed criminal gangs known locally as bandits target villages and communities to raid, loot and carry out mass abductions for ransom. Kaduna State officials have not given any figures for the kidnapping on Sunday evening, but local officials say 87 people were taken, mostly women and children.“We are living in fear because we don’t know what will happen next,” he told AFP.
Those abductions followed the kidnapping of more than 280 pupils from a school in Kuriga village about 150 kilometres from Kajuru earlier this month, one of the biggest such attacks in years. Kidnap victims in Nigeria are often freed following negotiations with the authorities, though a 2022 law banned handing money to kidnappers and officials deny ransom payments are made.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.
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