Nigerian gunmen kidnapped a minimum of 60 individuals in a distant neighborhood in northwestern Zamfara state who had been largely ladies observing Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, residents mentioned on Thursday within the newest wave of abductions to hit the state.
Armed gangs are rife throughout the nation’s northwest the place they rob or kidnap for ransom, and violence has been growing as thinly stretched safety forces usually fail to cease assaults.
That has raised concern about whether or not residents within the area will be capable of vote within the February presidential ballot to decide on a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, who’s constitutionally barred from operating once more.
Two residents mentioned gunmen on motorbikes arrived within the Magami Tandu neighborhood of the Kaura Namoda native authorities space on Wednesday night and shot sporadically.
They took largely ladies who had been observing Mawlid – a celebration of Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, which is held between the tip of September to the tip of November in Nigeria’s primarily northern Muslim states, the residents mentioned
“Every day there may be killing or abduction, which is leaving us homeless. Please (inform) the federal government to behave and produce justice to us,” mentioned Abdulkarim Haruna, whose spouse was kidnapped.
The residents mentioned 19 individuals had been killed on Tuesday when gunmen attacked Ryuji neighborhood in Zamfara’s Zurmi native authorities space, which is adjoining to Kaura Namoda.
Zamfara police spokesperson Mohammed Shehu couldn’t be reached for remark.
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