Nigeria: Tinubu Orders Immediate Rescue of Niger Mass Abduction Victims

What the report says

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered Nigeria’s armed forces, police, Department of State Services and other security agencies to mount a coordinated rescue effort after a mass abduction in Niger State, according to Daily Trust as republished by AllAfrica. The directive follows reports that armed assailants seized worshippers from several mosques in communities in Borgu Local Government Area during Friday prayers.

Daily Trust reported that the attacks affected mosques in Dekara, Kpenya, Sabon-Gida and Gidan-Zana, where residents said the attackers arrived in large numbers, disrupted prayers and forced many worshippers into nearby forested areas. The account says dozens of people were taken, though the exact number is not confirmed in the supplied material.

In response, the president, through his special adviser on information and strategy, condemned the killings and abductions and promised that those responsible would be pursued. He also asked security chiefs to provide regular updates until everyone abducted is accounted for. The statement signals a federal response to rising insecurity in parts of northwestern and north-central Nigeria, where banditry and mass kidnappings have remained a major public concern. That broader context is widely recognized, though the article itself focuses on the Niger State incident and the government’s immediate response.