More than 150 people kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria

city ​​center Nigeria According to authorities, more than 150 people were kidnapped in the new kidnappings.

Armed attackers appeared in the state on Friday night Niger The local government chairman said an attack on a remote village killed at least eight people and kidnapped about 150 people. Aminu Najume, News Service AFP one.

The gunman continued his rampage for three hours.

The attackers entered the village “on 100 motorcycles, with three people on each motorcycle.” strength A. Najum explained that they rampaged there for three hours without any help. He accused the Nigerian security forces of failure. According to him, most of the armed attackers came from neighboring countries. Kaduna Then return there.

UN sources confirmed the number of kidnapped people. Nigeria’s national aid agency Sema reported more than 100 abductees.

Kidnappings by criminal gangs are common in northwestern and central Nigeria. The attacks often target schools, villages or highways, where they can quickly take control of large numbers of people and then hold them for ransom.

Boko Haram kidnaps 276 girls

Islamist militias also spread in northeastern Nigeria Boko Haram and the rival jihadist militia Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP) ‘Fear and Terror’. Some of the jihadist militias have now established themselves outside the region, including in Niger state.

The abduction of 276 girls by Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Chibok on April 14, 2014, sparked global outrage and drew attention to the victims of an Islamist insurgency in northeastern Nigeria that has killed more than 40,000 people and displaced more than 2 million.

Frequent kidnappings pose a challenge to Nigeria’s presidential government She is Ahmed TinubuShe came to office promising to do something about Nigeria’s dire security situation. According to Nigerian risk consultancy SBM Intelligence, 4,777 people have been kidnapped since Tinubu took office in May last year.