Abductions have turn into a near-daily prevalence in Nigeria’s northwest area, together with the March 28 practice assault.
Armed gangs who kidnapped dozens of passengers in an assault on a practice in northern Nigeria are utilizing civilians as human shields, making it tough for the army to hold out a rescue mission, President Muhammadu Buhari stated.
Greater than 150 folks are nonetheless lacking after the March 28 assault, in accordance with the Nigerian Railway Company. Households of the kidnapped say there's no proof of rescue efforts from the federal government.
In a press release on Monday, Buhari stated the federal government, which has been criticised for not doing sufficient to rescue the passengers, was attempting to keep away from a “tragic final result” in any rescue operation.
“They [the kidnappers] are utilizing civilians as human shields, thereby making it tough to confront them straight,” he stated.
“It’s a fragile scenario … Any rescue operation that ends in the dying of any hostage can't be deemed a hit.”
Abductions have turn into a near-daily prevalence in northwest Nigeria, the place armed gangs, regionally often called bandits, abduct folks for ransom.
The brutal nature of the assaults has elevated insecurity fears in a rustic additionally grappling with the armed group Boko Haram and its factions within the northeast and rising criminality across the nation.
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