Gunmen on Saturday abducted an unconfirmed number of persons along the Tapila-Gwada road, an area located in Shiroro LGA of Niger state.
They were reportedly struck at about 7pm.
The Gwada community is a 30-minute drive from Minna, Niger’s capital city.
During the raid that lasted almost an hour, one person was killed, it was gathered.
A resident of the community revealed that two of her cousins were among the residents that the gunmen abducted.
According to her, many people had to run into the bush for dear life and only came out after the gunmen had left.
“These people came from the bush. Two of my cousins were taken. Deborah is one of them. This girl just finished secondary school,”
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“She has been waiting for admission into a nursing school. Now this has happened. It is really hard on my family, I hope they get rescued soon,” the distraught resident, who simply identified self as Theresa, said.
When contacted, Wasiu Abiodun, spokesman of the Niger state police command, confirmed the attack.
“Let me get details; I will get back to you,” he said.