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22 Dec 2020 Local vigilantes helped rescue 84 kidnapped schoolchildren in Nigeria on Sunday following a shootout between their abductors and security forces, local authorities confirmed. The children were abducted Saturday as they returned home from a religious ceremony in the village of Mahuta in the state of Katsina, Gambo Isah. After learning of their abduction, vigilantes set about tracking down those responsible. Although such kidnappings are typically carried out by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram, the assailants were reportedly a group of Fulani herdsmen in search of a ransom. T...

Nigerian schoolboy describes kidnap ordeal Freed after a firefight The vigilantes assembled after learning of the abduction of the children. Local leader Abdullah Sada said that the group then set off in pursuit of the kidnappers who had been identified as Fulani herdsmen. The locals found the bandits' hideout and after a fierce firefight the group finally freed the children. "We laid siege on the area [where] we knew they were holding the children and also took some Fulani settlements in the area hostage, warning that if anything happened to our children no Fulani would live in the area henc...

Nigeria: Vigilantes rescue kidnapped children © Provided by dw.com Local vigilantes claimed that the kidnappers were herders Vigilantes from a small village in northern Nigeria rescued scores of children who had been abducted while returning from a religious ceremony, police said on Sunday. Armed bandits kidnapped 80 children on Saturday as they were heading home to the village of Mahuta in the state of Katsina, Gambo Isah, spokesman for state police said. Nigeria: Abducted schoolboys reunited with families Replay Video UP NEXT The children who were from local Islamic seminaries had been ...