Terrorists Kill Two people, Abduct Passengers Along Niger Highway

Terrorists have reportedly killed a woman and a man travelling in a vehicle and abducted other passengers along the Kainji–Ibbi–Zurguma–Mokwa Road in Ibbi, Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State. The woman was reportedly travelling with her three-month-old baby when the attackers stopped the vehicle. According to a resident who spoke in Hausa in an interview, the terrorists killed the woman and the man before tying the infant to the woman’s body and leaving with other passengers in the vehicle. The resident said the incident occurred amid a worsening wave of attacks, killings and abductions along the route, which he described as a major transportation corridor connecting communities in northern Nigeria with parts of the southern region. “Yesterday, a woman and a man were killed in a vehicle. The woman had a child with her; the child was on her back. After they killed her, they tied the baby to her and went away with the other people in the vehicle,” the resident said. He said the Kainji–Ibbi–Zurguma–Mokwa route had increasingly become a nightmare for travellers, with residents living in constant fear of attacks. He appealed to President Bola Tinubu, the Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, and other authorities responsible for security to urgently intervene before more people are killed or abducted.