The Niger State Police Command on Thursday, 27 November, 2025 confirmed the abduction of no fewer than 10 farmers in Shiroro Local Government Area by bandits.
In a statement on Thursday, 27 November, 2025, the police said the attack occurred on Wednesday, 26 November, 2025, around Angwan-Kawo and Kuchipa villages in Erena Ward.
“On November 26, 2025 at about 8pm, report received indicated that suspected armed men abducted about ten persons from Angwan-Kawo & Kuchipa villages of Shiroro Local govt area. Effort is being emplaced to rescue the victims,” the statement read.
The police confirmation followed a report claiming that about 20 farmers were taken around 4 p.m. while harvesting rice in the same village.
Locals said the victims included four pregnant women and several children, and that the farm lies less than 500 metres from Erena town, where a military camp is located.
The abduction came barely six days after gunmen kidnapped more than 200 pupils and staff of St. Mary Secondary and Primary School in Papiri, Agwara LGA.
