{"id":46104,"date":"2026-09-22T10:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46104"},"modified":"2026-09-22T10:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:32:24","slug":"nigerian-residents-protest-as-hundreds-remain-captive-a-month-after-mass-kidnapping","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nigerian-residents-protest-as-hundreds-remain-captive-a-month-after-mass-kidnapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian residents protest as hundreds remain captive a month after mass kidnapping"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Residents of Nigeria&#8217;s north-central Niger protested on Monday over the abduction of hundreds of people who they said remained in captivity \u200ba month after gunmen attacked several communities in one of the country&#8217;s \u200clargest mass kidnappings.<\/div>\n<div>The protesters, from Dekara and neighbouring communities in Borgu district where residents say armed men abducted about 600 people, mostly women, children and the elderly, converged on the \u200blocal government headquarters in New Bussa to demand the captives&#8217; release.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Borgu, roughly 300 \u200bkm (186 miles) from the state capital Minna, lies along Nigeria&#8217;s \u2060border with the Republic of Benin to the west.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The protest increases pressure on \u200bPresident Bola Tinubu&#8217;s government to tackle insecurity, a hot issue ahead of elections \u200bin January 2027.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Although Tinubu ordered an immediate rescue operation following the August 21 attacks, the kidnap victims have yet to be found.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Security agencies have been mobilised, but we are yet to \u200bget any response from them. The government is definitely making efforts to \u200brescue the people,&#8221; Niger State Commissioner for Information Obed Nuhu Nana told\u00a0<i>Reuters<\/i>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014Reuters\u2014<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45869,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-46104","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The protest increases pressure on \u200bPresident Bola Tinubu's government to tackle insecurity, a hot issue ahead of elections \u200bin January 2027.","published_date":"","news_description":"The protest increases pressure on \u200bPresident Bola Tinubu's government to tackle insecurity, a hot issue ahead of elections \u200bin January 2027.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46108,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46104\/revisions\/46108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}