Terrorists Abduct 50 Persons In Niger State Community

Fifty persons, mostly women and children, including the community head of Fugge community, Rijau council area of Niger state, Mallam Abdullahi Zaure, have been abducted by terrorists. 

During the incident which took place on Friday, the abductors who came in motor cycles, also rustled cattle belonging to community members. 

Community sources disclosed that the abductors were however, attacked by fighter jets as they moved their victims and rustled cattle to their enclave, killing many of the abductors, alongside some of the rustled animals. 

“During the attack, the fighter jets descended on the terrorists when they were moving with the abductees which resulted in the death of several of the terrorists and the rustled cattle.

“We saw some bodies of the terrorists and corpses of cows that were killed or injured as the result of the airstrike in the forest.

“After the attack on them, the surviving terrorists fled into their hideouts which are located in the forest bordering Niger State and Kebbi State.

“The terrorists have begun contacting the families of the abductees and they are demanding fuel, motorcycles, and money as ransom for the release of the abductees,” one of the sources disclosed.