A joint security team comprising personnel of the Nigerian military and the Nigeria Police Force has moved into a forest in Niger State to rescue farmers abducted by suspected bandits.
The spokesman for the Niger State Police Command, Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this on Wednesday in a WhatsApp message, saying the operatives were combing Mukura village, Kasuwan-Garba District, in Mariga Local Government Area.
“Reports received on 28th Sept 2026 indicated that on 27th Sept 2026 at about 3pm, suspected bandits abducted over twenty persons at Mukura village, Kasuwan-Garba District of Mariga LGA. Joint security rescue efforts ongoing,” Abiodun stated.
PUNCH learnt that the terrorists abducted more than 47 farmers in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State while they were harvesting groundnuts on their farms at Tungan Rimi in Ma’undu-Beri Ward of the LGA. Most of the abducted farmers were women, alongside a few men.
The Chairman of Mariga Local Government,
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