### [2025-12-21](/feed/2025/12/21/index.md)

##### Kidnapping in Nigeria
# Gunmen abduct 28 people after intercepting a vehicle traveling to a Maulud gathering in Bashar, Plateau State. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP via France 24](https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20251223-gunmen-kidnap-muslim-religious-event-central-nigeria)

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