Gunmen kidnap more than 75 people in northwest Nigeria


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  • Sunday, 22 Aug 2021

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Armed gunmen kidnapped at least 75 people from a village in northwest Nigeria, residents said on Saturday, the latest in a slew of abductions that have plagued the West African country's west.

The spate of kidnappings has thwarted all security forces' efforts to stem the crimes, often carried out for ransom, and posed a challenge to the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.

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