BREAKING: Terrorists Invade Niger State Community, Abduct Prominent Lawyer, Residents on Independence Day
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Heavily armed terrorists have attacked Ibeto town in Magama Local Government Area of Niger State, abducting a prominent lawyer, Barrister Isyaku Muhammed Danjuma, along with several other residents in a brazen Independence Day operation.
News Week Nigeria reports that the assailants stormed the community in large numbers in the early hours of Wednesday, wielding sophisticated weapons and causing widespread panic.
According to a family source, the attackers specifically targeted prominent individuals for abduction.
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“A lot of them armed with dangerous weapons and guns even bigger than what the security operatives would carry entered our town today. They were targeting prominent people to abduct. So that was how they came for Barrister Isyaku Muhammed Danjuma. He is currently with them. They have taken him away into the bush. These bandits operated openly for hours without any police or army to rescue them,” the source explained.
Lawyer Abducted After Posting on Facebook
Before his abduction, Barrister Danjuma had taken to his Facebook page to lament the terrorists’ invasion of his community. He wrote:
“Independence Day but bandits are here in Ibeto running riot.”
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Moments later, he was captured and taken away by the armed men.
The development was also confirmed by his associate, Mohd Gbedako Ndatsu, who reacted under the lawyer’s Facebook post.
“Please when you come across this post, pray for him because I just received a devastating news now that the poster has been kidnapped,” Ndatsu wrote.
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Rising Wave of Abductions
This incident comes against the backdrop of worsening insecurity in Nigeria’s North Central region. On Friday, September 27, 2025, another lawyer, Barrister Onyesom Peace Udoka, who had just been called to the Nigerian Bar, was kidnapped alongside her sister while returning from her Call to Bar ceremony.
They were abducted around Lokoja, Kogi State, and held for several days before eventually regaining their freedom.
Security Concerns Intensify
The brazen nature of the Ibeto attack, carried out in broad daylight and during Nigeria’s 65th Independence anniversary, has further heightened concerns over the state of security in Niger State and other parts of the country. Residents lament that armed groups continue to operate with impunity, often without immediate intervention from security agencies.
