Abuja (agencies)
Gunmen attacked a train station in southern Nigeria’s Edo state last night and kidnapped dozens of passengers, according to Nigerian police.
Police spokesman Chidi Nwabuzur said in a press release that a number of passengers were also injured when gunmen armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles attacked a train station, firing sporadically into the air. Most of the victims were passengers waiting to board the Itakpe-Wari train, the police official said.
As a result, the security forces rushed to the site of the attack and began scouring the operations to rescue the victims and arrest the perpetrators.
Nigeria, the West African country that is preparing to elect a new president and deputies on February 25, suffers from widespread insecurity.
Kidnappings for ransom by criminal gangs are frequent in the northwestern and central parts of the country.
