No contact yet with abductors of Niger worshippers – Commissioner

The Niger State Government says it has not received immoderate connection oregon request from the terrorists who abducted worshippers successful Borgu Local Government Area past Friday.

The authorities Commissioner for Information, Obed Nuhu, disclosed this connected Thursday during an interrogation connected Channels Television’s The Morning Brief.

Nuhu said the onslaught occurred successful 3 antithetic locations and was suspected to person been carried retired by the Lakurawa and Boko Haram groups.

“No specified (contact with the kidnappers) has happened. We person not had immoderate interactions with them but the suspicion is the Lakurawas arsenic they telephone themselves and the Boko Haram. It happened successful 3 antithetic locations astir that kingdom,” helium said.

The commissioner besides said the authorities was yet to found the nonstop fig of radical abducted.

He explained that officials were inactive gathering accusation and would not supply figures until they had been decently verified.

Following the attack, Niger State Governor Umaru Bago directed information agencies to enactment towards rescuing the victims and restoring bid successful the affected communities.

The authorities authorities said a associated information cognition had been launched to measure the situation, way the attackers and rescue those taken away.

It said details of the information operat...