US EditionGunmen Kidnap More than 50 People in Nigeria's Northwest, UN Report Says
SABON GARIN DAMRI, BAKURA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, ZAMFARA STATE, NIGERIA, AUG 3 – The kidnappings in Zamfara are driven by ransom demands and extortion, with over 60 people abducted in the first large-scale raid this year, escalating regional insecurity.
- Gunmen kidnapped more than 50 people in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, marking a recent trend of mass abductions, according to a report for the United Nations seen by journalists.
- This incident is noted as the first mass capture in the Bakura local government area this year, raising concerns over increasing large-scale attacks in Zamfara.
- The report states that Nigeria's banditry crisis evolved from land and water disputes into organized crime targeting rural communities without government support.
- Increased violence contributes to a worsening malnutrition crisis as residents flee attacks, complicating issues related to climate change and aid cuts.
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The state of Zamfara has long suffered from gang violence that kidnaps people for ransoms, loots villages and collects taxes.
Dozens of people were kidnapped by gang members in northern Nigeria last Friday, according to AFP news agency, which has reviewed a report prepared for the United Nations. The armed gang members targeted a village in Zamfara State in northwestern Nigeria. Kidnappings, looting, and violence are common in that Nigerian state. Reuters news agency spoke with a resident of the village of Sabon Garin Damri, which was attacked. "They came on motorcycle…
50 people were kidnapped on Friday evening in Zamfara State, in northwestern Nigeria. According to an expert report prepared on behalf of the UN that the AFP consulted, this new mass kidnapping by local "bandits" is a sign of the deterioration of the situation in Zamfara State.
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