Fifteen persons have been kidnapped and two others killed by unknown armed bandits at , a boundary with Kaduna and Niger state.
kidnapped victims are from Niger state, 10 are from Gwada in Shiroro local government area and 5 from Munya local government area state.
It was learnt that they were returning from Kaduna state when they were kidnapped.
The Niger state Commissioner of Information and Strategy Alh Danjuma Sallau confirmed the incident to newsmen in Minna.
hails from Munya local government area, however, said that all as has deployed security agents to the area to as panic and tension filled the town when the news of filtered in.
“A combined team of security agencies of d Army Police Civil Defence and Local Vigilante have been drafted to the area to enforce peace”, the Commissioner said.
that the government is working together with the security figure out how the kidnapped victims from .
Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Abubakar the incident occurred at town of Kaduna and Niger state.
