File: NDC presidential candidate, Peter Obi
The Nigerian Democratic Congress presidential candidate has described the reported mass abduction and killing of residents in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State as an emergency requiring urgent government action.
Obi, in a statement on Thursday, said reports of residents being attacked and abducted in their communities and places of worship should “shake the conscience of every Nigerian” and compel the government to act.
“I am deeply disturbed by the reports of the mass abduction of Nigerians in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, following attacks on communities including Dekara and the abduction of worshippers during Juma’at prayers,” he said.
He said reports indicated that as many as 600 people, mostly women, children and elderly persons, might have been abducted, while the exact figure was still being verified.
