Niger: CAN seeks permanent security presence in Borgu over Mosque abductions

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Niger State chapter, has called for imperishable information deployment crossed the Borgu Emirate pursuing the abduction of Muslim worshippers during Jumu’at prayers.

CAN besides urged information agencies to fortify surveillance and extortion astir places of worship, peculiarly on Fridays and Sundays when ample numbers of worshippers gather.

The authorities CAN chairman, Most Rev. Dr Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, made the telephone on Sunday while delivering a homily astatine St. Michael Catholic Cathedral Church, Kontagora.

His entreaty came days aft an unspecified fig of worshippers were abducted from mosques successful Dekara, Kpenya, Sabon-Gida and Gidan-Zana communities successful Borgu Local Government Area during Friday prayers connected August 21, 2026.

Yohanna, who is besides the Catholic Bishop of Kontagora Diocese, said the information concern required urgent and sustained involution to forestall further attacks connected communities and places of worship.

He peculiarly called for a beardown and imperishable information beingness crossed Borgu and Agwara Local Government Areas, which marque up the Borgu Emirate.

“The full of Borgu Emirate, which includes Agwara and Borgu LGAs...