In Kaduna and the wider northwest region, kidnapping for ransom has become an increasingly rampant, particularly on the road to the capital, Abuja, where armed attacks have thrived.
KANO - Two people including a British aid worker have been shot dead and four tourists abducted in an attack by armed gunmen on a holiday resort in northwestern Nigeria, police said on Sunday."Faye was a dedicated and passionate communications and learning specialist", chief executive Neal Keny-Guyer said in a statement posted on social media, adding that colleagues were "utterly heartbroken".
The Briton "was gunned down from the hill by the kidnappers who tried to gain entrance into the castle but failed", Sabo said.A Nigerian man believed by local residents in Kajuru to be Mooney's partner was also killed in the attack on the resort where a group of 13 tourists had arrived from Lagos, southwest Nigeria the police spokesman said.
Kajuru is also flash point in the deadly conflict over increasingly limited land resources in Africa's most populous country, between herders and farmers, predominantly across central and northern Nigeria.
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