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Unidentified gunmen kidnapped at least 75 people from a village in northwest Nigeria, residents said on Saturday, the latest in a slew of abductions that have plagued the country.
The spate of kidnappings has thwarted all security forces’ efforts to stem the crimes, often carried out for ransom, and posed a challenge to the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“The number of people kidnapped from (the village of) Rini must be more than seventy five,” said Aliyu Tungar-Rini, a resident of the community in northwest, Zamfara in Nigeria.
Similarly, bandits invaded another community, Adabka situated in Bukkuyum Local government area on Saturday about 12 pm and operated till around 4 pm before whisking away the district head of the community, Alhaji Nafiu Shehu.
In Rini Village, Habu Abubakar, who is a resident, said more than 75 people were kidnapped by the gunmen, who he said came wearing black clothes on more than 50 motorbikes.
My shop was looted and I was left with a few things,” he said.
A police spokesman confirmed the abduction but declined to provide details.
They abducted my uncle, I narrowly escaped death,” said Mohammed Dan Auwal, another resident.
He described the attack starting Friday afternoon and lasting until the early hours of Saturday, as the kidnappers went from house to house snatching children and the elderly.
On the other side, it was gathered that nobody was killed during the attack in Adabka.
A source said that the mobile police unit that was stationed in the community was moved out of the community last week which gave the bandits opportunity to enter the area.
Adabka is about 165 kilometers from the state capital, Gusau.
The police in Zamfara are yet to confirm the latest incidents.