Nigeria: Nigerian President Orders Rescue Operation After Mass Kidnapping in Mosque

[RFI] Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has ordered the military and other security agencies to launch an immediate rescue operation after the mass kidnapping of worshippers during an attack on a mosque in the north-central Niger State last week. While local authorities are still verifying the number abducted, local resid

“From the records I have, those kidnapped were a little above 60. Those who were killed were close to 30. Although the military has gone there and restored calm, some people have run away to safer areas,” Abdullahi said.

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has ordered the armed forces, the police, the department of state services, and all relevant security and intelligence agencies to immediately begin a coordinated rescue operation for the victims of the recent mass abduction in Niger State. President Tinubu expressed

President Tinubu condemns the mass abduction in Niger State, ordering immediate rescue operations and vowing to ensure the safe return of all abductees.

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.