Ghana news briefing
Gunmen abduct worshippers from Nigeria mosque, police say
Armed men abducted several worshippers from a mosque in Nigeria's north-central Niger State during Friday prayers, police said on Saturday, in the latest mass kidnapping in a region plagued by violent gangs.
Mass kidnappings for ransom have become common in parts of northwestern and north-central Nigeria, where heavily armed criminal gangs, locally known as bandits, frequently raid villages, schools and highways.
Police spokesperson Wasiu Abiodun said the attackers stormed Kpenya Mosque in the Dekara district of the Borgu local government area at about 2 p.
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