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JUST IN: Bandits storm Niger village, kidnap foreign national

chuks oti

Aug 18, 2020

The Police Command in Niger has confirmed the abduction of a foreign national and a Nigerian by suspected bandits between Yankila and Regina village of Rafi Local Government Area of the state.

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Mr. Adamu Usman, Commissioner of Police, confirmed the incident in Minna on Tuesday.

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Usman said on Aug. 17 at about 11.05 hours information was received that armed bandits attacked and kidnapped two staff of Transparent Construction company.

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He said that the victims were on handling the rehabilation of the bad portion of the federal road in the area.

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"They have not informed the command of their operations in the state. We only knew their presence in the state due to this incident.

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"We have already deployed a team of armed security personnel to rescue the victims," Usman said.

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