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BREAKING: 17 nursing mothers kidnapped on their way to wedding ceremony in Buhari’s Katsina
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly abducted at least 17 married women in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Katsina is the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Katsina Post reports that the women were intercepted on Thursday on their way to a wedding ceremony.
“The incident happened when the women were on their way from Unguwar Rimi village to Garin Maigora town to attend a wedding ceremony,” the newspaper quoted a source as saying.
A resident of the area further disclosed that the security situation in the area had deteriorated.
He added that all the villages in the western part of Faskari town were deserted due to the activities of the bandits, adding that it is only Bilbis town that is left.
He noted that if no concrete action was taken in the next few weeks to correct the situation, Faskari