{"id":390812,"date":"2026-08-22T19:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T19:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/390812\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T19:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T19:49:15","slug":"gunmen-abduct-worshippers-during-friday-prayers-in-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/390812\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen abduct worshippers during Friday prayers in Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtn.ng\/helppersonal\/manage-data\/?utm_source=premiumtimes&amp;utm_medium=native&amp;utm_campaign=data_depletion&amp;utm_content=data_depletion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787428155_804_OMNIBUS-2_728x90.jpg\" alt=\"MTN ADVERT\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several worshippers have been abducted during Friday prayers at a mosque in Borgu Local Government Area of <a href=\"https:\/\/nigerstate.gov.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Niger State<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The attackers reportedly stormed the mosque while worshippers were observing the Juma\u2019at prayer and took an unspecified number of people away.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the incident, including the exact location of the mosque and number of victims, were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n<p>The latest incident comes amid renewed security concerns in Borgu, an area that has witnessed several deadly attacks and abductions in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>In January, at least 30 people were reported killed when gunmen attacked Kasuwan-Daji village in Borgu, while several others were abducted. The attackers also reportedly burnt houses and the local market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va8KucvJpe8eFOl3En22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-810513 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787428155_700_PT-WHATSAPP-CHANNEL-copy.webp\" alt=\"PT WHATSAPP CHANNEL\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A month later, gunmen attacked three communities in the area \u2013 Tunga-Makeri, Konkoso and Pissa, killing at least 32 people and abducting an unspecified number of residents, according to police and local sources.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/top-news\/903747-two-shot-as-troops-foil-attempted-mass-abduction-in-zamfara-military.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Two shot as troops foil attempted mass abduction in Zamfara \u2013 Military<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In June, another attack was reported in Pissa, where suspected bandits allegedly killed three people and set several houses ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>The recurrence of attacks has heightened concerns over the security of communities around Borgu and the wider Kainji Lake area.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are yet to officially comment on Friday\u2019s reported mosque abduction.<\/p>\n<p>Further details are expected as security agencies continue efforts to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident and the whereabouts of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Premium Times Nigeria<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several worshippers have been abducted during Friday prayers at a mosque in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[45],"tags":[13415,48970,2536,32889,2931,122,21442],"class_list":["post-390812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria","tag-abduction","tag-borgu-local-government-area","tag-gunmen","tag-mosque","tag-niger","tag-nigeria","tag-worshippers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/117140898995478132","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}