NIGER POLICE COMMAND CONFIRMS ABDUCTION IN MARIGA LGA
Niger State Police command has confirmed the the abduction of more than twenty persons mostly farmers from Mukura village, Kasuwan Garba District of Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State.
According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer Niger State Command SP Wasiu Abiodun the incident occurred about three PM on Sunday.
The police statement added that joint security efforts are presently ongoing to rescue all those abducted.
However other sources allege that the number might be up to forty while those abducted were mostly women harvesting Groundnuts on their farms.
No reports of contact with the abductors or any demand for ransom have so far been established.
The Area where the abduction occurred is close to Bariki forest which the locals refer to as Ma’undu.
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