Armed Group In Military Garb Kidnaps 6 Along Kaduna-Abuja Road

Six people have been kidnapped near the village of Rijana along the Kaduna-Abuja highway in central Nigeria, reports the Premium Times (Lagos). On Sept. 7, armed men in military uniforms stopped a commercial bus and abducted six victims, police said on Monday. Two of the victims were abandoned after local police teams were able to engage the kidnappers shortly after the abductions. The Kaduna state government announced last week that it was eliminating all security checkpoints...