Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a “nationwide security emergency” as the country scrambled to respond to a wave of mass kidnappings that have seen hundreds of people, mostly children, captured in a week.
“This is a national emergency, and we are responding by deploying more boots on the ground, especially in security-challenged areas,” Tinubu said in a statement.
Within days, assailants across the country kidnapped two dozen Muslim schoolgirls, 38 worshippers, more than 300…
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Nigeria declares national emergency after mass kidnappings
