Bandits abduct young mothers, abandon infants in Niger

Gunmen suspected to be bandits raided Usubu community in Niger State late on Saturday night, abducting several young mothers and abandoning their sick infants, some barely a year old.

Security analyst Bakatsine disclosed the incident on Sunday in a post on X, stating that the attackers stormed the community and seized women, many of them nursing mothers, while leaving their babies behind.

“Yesterday night, gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked Usubu community in Niger State, abducted young mothers and left behind their sick babies under one year old. When will this horror end in Nigeria?” Bakatsine wrote.

As of the time of filing this report, neither the Niger State Police Command nor the Defence Headquarters had released an official statement on the assault.