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Popular pastor kidnapped in Niger State

A Nigerian pastor, Sunday Musa has been kidnapped by Gunmen suspected to be bandits in Niger State.

According to reports,  the incident occurred at about 4:00 a.m. on Friday, July 11, 2025 in Samunaka, a community near Babanna in Borgu Local Government Area of the state.

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Eyewitness disclosed the armed men, numbering about twenty, stormed the village and began shooting sporadically before whisking the cleric away to an unknown destination.

According to the Nigerian police, they received information from the Officer-in-Charge of the Babanna Police Outstation, who immediately alerted tactical teams and local vigilantes in the area.

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Efforts are currently ongoing to track the kidnappers and rescue the victim unhurt, while patrols have been intensified across vulnerable communities in the Babanna–Borgu axis.

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