Gunmen abduct dozens in Nigeria's Zamfara state

BBC News, Abuja

At least 130 people have been kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's north-western state of Zamfara, a local official has told the BBC. Gunmen on motorcycles raided two areas taking women, children and the elderly, Ibrahim Dosara, the state's information commissioner, said.Zamfara is among several Nigerian states grappling with kidnapping for ransom.The gunmen were using the victims as ''human shields'' because of the ongoing ''heavy bombardments'' of their hideouts, he added.

Efforts by the Nigerian government to end insecurity in the region have mostly failed. Families of kidnap victims have often ignored the official advice and paid ransom as demanded. Insecurity is one of the key campaign issues ahead of Nigeria's general elections in February next year when a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari will be chosen.More on Nigeria's kidnapping crisis:

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KadariaAhmed not once did you ask about the security threat from bandits and Iswap in the North, all you focused on was ESN. This sort of carnage does not bother you and your people?

But KadariaAhmed and are her fellow deluded northern brethren are still masturbating over ESN, ipob and Biafra.. While their region burns..

But some supposed university student in kano state of the same northwestern region, isn't bothered about this ugly incidents happening overthere but is more worried about Biafra..

IkukuomaC But the north interest is about ipob or ESN. Clowns

cc KadariaAhmed

'Motorcycle crime ' a new menace in Africa.

Nigeria 😭

I hope Kadaria focus on this

Can u imagine...eii nigeria is gone....okada kindnapp.

This is the Harvest season, and as predicted, the activities of banditry has resumed. God please come to our aid.

Ambrosia_Ijebu There are no new problems in Nigeria, just a new day with the same problems. And no solutions either. Ransoms will be paid, people freed and govt will huff and puff. Till the next day, rinse and repeat.

Smh

Kadaria the Boko Haram journalist said the documentary about Fulani and their hand in Boko Haram dominance was fake, but yet truth has finally prevailed! While she was busy tagging Obi IPOB & ESN, his Fulani brothers are kidnapping Zamfaras. KadariaAhmed

How are these gunmen able to organize and abduct people in such large numbers and we have hundreds of security agents in Nigeria, in the north?

Whatever is going on in northern Nigeria is hard to understand...or is it that the president rules only Lagos as a mayor? Where is the Nigerian president?

KadariaAhmed

130 people on motorcycles? How is this possible?

How were they abducted? Were they put in sacks or boxes?

Omg

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