HIBAPRESS – Agencies
Nigeria witnessed, on Sunday dawn, a new armed attack targeting a police station and a church in one of the central regions of the country, resulting in the kidnapping of five people, in a new episode of the series of violence witnessed by some Nigerian states.
According to the available data, a group of armed men carried out their attack in the early hours of the morning, where they stormed a security center in one of the villages, before heading towards a nearby church, causing material damage after setting fire to a part of it, which left a state of panic among the local residents. The security authorities stated that the attackers managed to kidnap five residents during the operation, before fleeing to an unknown destination, while the competent authorities began extensive combing operations in the area, with the aim of tracking down the perpetrators and freeing the kidnapped. This attack comes in the context of escalating acts of violence and kidnapping in a number of areas of Nigeria, where armed groups are active, targeting civilians and security and religious institutions, taking advantage of the fragile security situation and the expansion of the area of rural areas. These repeated attacks raise increasing fears about the safety of the population, at a time when the Nigerian authorities affirm their commitment to continue security efforts and enhance field interventions to reduce this phenomenon, and ensure the stability of the affected areas.
