Gunmen kill 47 in Nigeria's Benue State, abduct 85 in Zamfara State

Suspected armed bandits are alleged to behind the fatal attacks and abductions in the two Nigerian states. [Courtesy of Foreign Policy]

Nigerian authorities said on Saturday that 85 people were abducted by gunmen suspected to be bandits in a village in the northwest state of Zamfara on Thursday.

This was announced in a brief statement by Abdulmalik Saidu Maibiredi, media assistant to the governor.