Dozens kidnapped by motorcycle 'bandits' in north Nigeria

2023-11-26 22:45

At least 100 are abducted over an unpaid "tax" the gunmen had imposed on villagers, residents say.

At least 100 people have been abducted by gunmen in Nigeria's northwest, residents have said.

Locals told the BBC that armed men on motorcycles stormed villages in Zamfara state.

The residents were kidnapped after the villages failed to pay a "tax" imposed on them by the gunmen, witnesses...