Bandits have reportedly abducted 20 farmers, including four pregnant women and children, in Unguwan-Kawo, Erena Ward of Shiroro Local Government Area, Niger State.
According to reports, the victims were seized from their farmland at about 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 26 November, while they were harvesting rice.
A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed that his nephew was among those abducted. He noted that the farm lies barely 500 metres from Erena town, where a military camp is located.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Niger State Police Command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, said he would verify the report.
The latest incident comes in the wake of the mass abduction of hundreds of students, pupils, and staff of St. Mary Secondary and Primary School in Papiri, Agwara LGA.