AT least 60 people – most of them children, have been kidnapped in the border communities of Zamfara and Katsina states.
The abduction happened in the early hours of Friday when the terrorists were moving from Sububu Forest in Zamfara State to neighbouring Birnin-Gwari Forest in Kaduna State.
The victims are from the Kucheri, Wanzamai, and Danwuri communities of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, and Yankara town in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.
The terrorists were reportedly fleeing Zamfara at the time.
Eye witnesses said that most of the people abducted were picked inside their various farms, some children that were fetching firewood and local fertilisers in the bush, and some workers in local mining sites.