Thursday, October 2, 2025 - Heavily armed terrorists stormed Ibeto town in Magama Local Government Area of Niger State, abducting prominent lawyer Barrister Isyaku Muhammed Danjuma along with several other residents in a daring daylight attack, according to SaharaReporters.
The attack, which happened in the early hours of Wednesday,
comes during Nigeria’s 65th Independence anniversary celebrations.
A family source told SaharaReporters that the gunmen stormed
the community in large numbers, wielding sophisticated weapons.
“A lot of them armed with dangerous weapons and guns even
bigger than what the security operatives would carry entered our town today
(early morning). 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 said.
Checks by SaharaReporters revealed that Barrister Isyaku himself had posted
about the terrorists’ invasion on his Facebook page shortly before his
abduction.
He wrote: “Independence Day but bandits are here in
Ibeto running riot.”
Moments later, his fears came true.
The abduction 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.
In a related development, SaharaReporters last Friday
reported that Barrister Onyesom Peace Udoka, a newly called to bar lawyer, was
also kidnapped alongside her sister while returning home from her Call to Bar
ceremony.
They were later freed after spending several days with their
captors.
SaharaReporters learnt that the abduction occurred around
Lokoja, Kogi State, on Friday, September 27, 2025, just days after she was
called to the bar on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, in Abuja.
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