Ten people were killed and 160 others, including children, were abducted during a raid by suspected Boko Haram militants.
The attack occurred in Kuchi village, Munya district, in Niger state, beginning at about 5.30pm on Friday and lasting until 4.00am Saturday, according to district official Aminu Abdulhamid Najume.
Najume reported that about 300 gunmen arrived on motorbikes and stayed for several hours, making themselves at home before leaving with the abductees."They cooked and made tea; they made Indomie and spaghetti." "This is not the first or second time Kuchi village has been attacked. This is the fifth time," Najume said, noting that the area frequently suffers from kidnappings for ransom.Amnesty International said in a post on social media platform X on Sunday that it was "deeply concerned by the abduction," criticising Nigerian authorities for leaving "rural communities at the mercy of gunmen".
Nigeria's security forces have struggled for years to control insurgent groups in the north of the country.
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