More than 80 people, including farmers and women, have been reported abducted in Nigeria’s northern Niger and Zamfara states, while police uncovered human remains at sites they say are suspected gang camps.
The victims were identified as local farmers and women who were taken from their communities in the two north‑western states. Authorities said the abductions occurred in remote areas where bandit activity has been reported for months.
Police teams that responded to the incidents discovered human remains at several locations they described as suspected gang hideouts. The remains were found in makeshift camps that investigators believe belong to armed groups operating in the region.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has been grappling with a surge in banditry and kidnapping in its north‑west, where armed gangs frequently target civilians for ransom or to intimidate local populations.
Security officials said they are continuing investigations, searching for the missing abductees and working to dismantle the suspected gang networks responsible for the attacks.
<small>Source: Al Jazeera — read the original story there.</small>
