According to police statements, the victims were meeting relatives of a bandit leader in an attempt to broker peace and ease restrictions on movement imposed on the community.

Gunmen have abducted 39 people in northwest Nigeria who were meeting with the family of a bandit leader, the police said Monday.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen abducted 39 people in northwestern Nigeria as they were meeting with the parents of a suspected bandit leader and kingpin for abductions in the region,

According to police statements, the victims were meeting relatives of a bandit leader in an attempt to broker peace and ease restrictions on movement imposed on the community.