Borgu attack: Northern senators urge FG to rescue abducted worshippers, residents

Northern Senators Forum demands immediate rescue of worshippers and residents abducted in Borgu, Niger State, urging FG to review security.

By Henry Umoru ABUJA: Senators from the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory, under the aegis of the Northern Senators Forum, NSF, have called on the Armed Forces, the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services, DSS, and other security agencies to intensify efforts to secure the immediate an

[Premium Times] Amnesty International has urged Nigerian authorities to urgently rescue worshippers abducted during Friday prayers at a mosque in Kpenya, Niger State, amid escalating attacks and mass abductions in the Borgu-Kainji corridor.

Amnesty International has urged Nigerian authorities to urgently rescue worshippers abducted during Friday prayers at a mosque in Kpenya, Niger State, amid escalating attacks and mass abductions in the Borgu-Kainji corridor.

Armed men abducted several worshippers from a ‌mosque in Nigeria's north-central Niger State during Friday prayers, police said on Saturday, in the latest mass kidnapping ​in a region plagued by violent gangs.