A Catholic Priest, Reverend Father Sunday Musa, has been abducted by suspected armed bandits who invaded Samunaka village, a community near Babanna in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State.
Sources confirmed that the Reverend Father was kidnapped about 4.00am on Friday when the attackers, numbering about 20, rode into the village and began shooting sporadically before whisking the cleric away to an unknown destination.
The Police said they received information from the Officer-in-Charge of the Babanna Police Outstation, who immediately alerted tactical teams and local vigilantes in the area.
Efforts are currently ongoing to track the kidnappers and rescue the victim unhurt, while patrols have been intensified across vulnerable communities in the Babanna–Borgu axis.
Written with report from Zagazola Makama