BREAKING: Tinubu Orders Immediate Rescue of Niger Mosque Abduction Victims
Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago ordered security agencies to rescue the abductees as officials said 200 worshippers were in the mosque when gunmen struck.
- On Tuesday, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered the military and security agencies to launch an immediate rescue operation after gunmen kidnapped scores of worshippers from the Kpenya Mosque in Niger State last Friday, August 21, 2026.
- Suspected terrorists invaded the Kpenya Mosque during Juma'at prayers on Friday, August 21, 2026, abducting residents from the Gidan-Zana and Kpenya communities into surrounding bush areas.
- An armed group posted a video on Facebook and WhatsApp showing what residents claim are about 600 women, children, and elderly people abducted, though Reuters could not independently verify the figure.
- Commissioner for Information and Orientation Obed Nuhu Nana confirmed a joint security operation is mobilized to track perpetrators and facilitate rescue, while Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago directed authorities to ensure victims' safe recovery.
- Mass abductions have become increasingly common across northwestern and north-central Nigeria, and if confirmed, this incident would rank among the country's largest and most audacious kidnappings in recent years.
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The Nigerian president has announced a manhunt for armed men who abducted hundreds of people last Friday. This occurred in various locations in the state of Niger, where people were taken from multiple mosques in broad daylight. Local residents told the BBC that the mosques were attacked simultaneously during prayers. A local official says that possibly as many as 500 people were abducted. According to a police spokesperson, forty people were k…
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered the army and other security forces on Tuesday to launch a rescue operation after dozens of people were kidnapped during an attack on a mosque in Niger State, in the west of the country, last week. According to residents, 600 women, children, and elderly people were abducted.
Tinubu orders immediate rescue of Niger mass abduction...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Armed Forces, the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services, and all relevant security and intelligence agencies to launch a coordinated rescue operation for the victims of the recent mass abduction in Niger State. Terrorists had abducted dozens of worshippers from four mosques during last Friday’s Juma’at prayer in Dekara, Kpenya, Sabon-Gida and Gidan-Zana communities, Borgu Local Govern…
Nigeria’s president orders rescue after mass kidnapping
LAGOS, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered the military and other security agencies on Tuesday to launch an immediate rescue operation after scores of people were kidnapped by gunmen in north-central Niger State last week. An ar...
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LAGOS, Aug 25 - Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered the military and other security agencies on Tuesday to launch an immediate rescue operation after scores of people were kidnapped by gunmen in north-central Niger State last week. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BREAKING: Tinubu orders immediate rescue of Niger mosque abduction victims
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Armed Forces, the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services, and all relevant security and intelligence agencies to intensify efforts to immediately rescue victims of the Niger mosque abduction The order is contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Tuesday. According […] BREAKING: Tinubu orders immediate rescue of Niger mosque abduction victims
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