Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped a pastor, Sunday Musa, in Niger State.
It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 4:00 a.m. on Friday, July 11, 2025 in Samunaka, a community near Babanna in Borgu Local Government Area of the state.
The attackers, numbering about twenty, stormed the village and began shooting sporadically before whisking the cleric away to an unknown destination.
The police said they received information from the Officer-in-Charge of the Babanna Police Outstation, who immediately alerted tactical teams and local vigilantes in the area.
According to the police, efforts are currently ongoing to track the kidnappers and rescue the victim unhurt, while patrols have been intensified across vulnerable communities in the Babanna–Borgu axis.