Bandits have reportedly abducted 20 farmers, including four pregnant women and children, in Unguwan-Kawo, Erena Ward of Shiroro Local Government Area, Niger State.
According to reports, the victims were seized from their farmland at about 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 26 November, while they were harvesting rice.
A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed that his nephew was among those abducted. He noted that the farm lies barely 500 metres from Erena town, where a military camp is located.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Niger State Police Command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, said he would verify the report.
The latest incident comes in the wake of the mass abduction of hundreds of students, pupils, and staff of St. Mary Secondary and Primary School in Papiri, Agwara LGA.
Grim results of unbridled looting and pillaging of our commonwealth by thieving politicians.They should be made to cleanse this mess they created and not use the blood of poor military personnels in exchange.This madness will continue untill they stop stealing and lead with the fear of God.What is the position of the local and state governments that pockets hundreds of billions every month as security votes? Absence of accountability has destroyed this great nation and those who should rein in on this looters are complicit and tight lipped.May God save us from the fury of an itinerant and rag tag terrorist groups.