Borgu LGA Communities Contradict Gov. Muhammed Umaru Bago, Publish Names Of 547 Abducted Worshippers, Against Bagos’s Claim Of 33.

Communities in Borgu LGA of Niger State have released the names of 547 Worshipers abducted during attacks on Mosques in Dekara District, contradicting governor Mohammed Umaru Bago’s recent alleged comment that only 33 persons were abducted.

While receiving his predecessor, Senator Abubakar Sani Bello, at the Government House to commiserate with the government and people of Niger state over the death of 37 artisanal miners in NSCDC Custody, Bago had described the reports of over 500 persons “as a social media hype”.

“33 were kidnapped at the mosque, and on their way, they kidnapped an additional 30 in a market, making a total of 63. So far, three of those kidnapped were killed and 14 recovered from them, so we should not be misled by people and the social media”, he had said.

The Borgu LGA Chairman, Mohammed Nasir Abdullahi, had also corroborated the governor by telling Daily Trust recently that “a little above 60” were kidnapped during the attack.

But the community kicked against the comments of the political leaders and released names of all the abductees.

In a document, Zubairu Umar, the Youth President of Dekara District, insisted that a total of 547 community members were taken into the Kainji Lake National Park Forest and their whereabouts and condition have remained unknown.

The attack occurred on August 21, 2026, when bandits raided four mosques in Dekara District during Friday Jumma’at prayers.

The abductions spanned multiple local areas, affecting many of families and religious leaders across the district.

A community breakdown signed by Umar detailed the scale of the abduction across five affected communities.

Gbenji: 341 persons

Giagbasso (Sabon Gida): 104 persons

Dekara: 88 persons (including the Chief Imam of Dekara, Adamu Attahiru, alongside local village heads)

Kpenya (Masaka): 9 persons

Gbebara: 5 persons

                                         

DEKARA

1. ABUBAKAR LAFIYA VILLAGE HEAD KA’ADA

2. MAMUDA LAFIYA MAGAJI OF DEKARA

3. ALH IDRIS HARUNA

4. UMAR SHERO

5. IDRIS SAMARI

6. IBRO SAMARI

7. MOHAMMED BIO KOZI

8. RAKIYA YAHAYA

9. WASILA YAHAYA

10. BALKISU GARBA

11. ALH ABUBAKAR ISAH

12. ALH SALIHU IDRIS

14. MOHAMMED IDRIS

15. MARYAM MOHAMMED

16. YUSUF

17. SALIHU MORA

18. HAJARA MOHAMMED

19. SHAMSIYA MOHAMMED

20. AYUBA MOHAMMED

21. IDRIS MOHAMMED

22. RUKAYYA MOHAMMED

23. HALIMATU MOHAMMED

24. NA’A DOHU IDRIS LAAKI

25. ALH HARUNA SHUGABA

26. ABU USMAN

27. SULEIMAN LAFIYA

28. GARBA GUMALE

29. MOHAMMED BUHARI GARBA

30. SAMIRAT GARBA KASIMU

31. NAZIRU KASIMU

32. ABDULRAZAK MUSA TANIMU

33. MUSTAPHA TANIMU

34. FATIMA GAYYA YUSUF

35. FATIMA GIAGBASSO YUSUF

36. RASIMATU YUSUF

37. SAKIRA YUSUF

38. MUSA JIBRIL DENDE

39. ZAINABU SANI

40. BALKISU SANI

41. MUSLIM DAUDA

42. ANATU MAMUDA

43. SAFIYA MAMUDA

44. MUFIRA MAMUDA

45. SAFIYA LUKMAN

46. HAUWA HASSAN

48. USMAN BABA WOO

49. HAMSATU AL HASSAN

50. KABIRU AL HASSAN

51. HAUWA’U ALHASSAN

52. FATIMA AL HASSAN

53. MADINATU ALHASSAN

54. ADAMU ATTAHIRU CHIEF IMAM DEKARA

55. ISIBA ADAMU

56. ZAINABU ADAMU

57. HASIYATU ADAMU LIMAN

58. LATIFA ADAMU

59. KADIJAT ADAMU

60. HALIDATU ADAMU

61. TAKIYATU ADAMU

62. HAJARA SHEHU

63. JAMIU SHEHU

64. LAMURA SHEHU

65. SISU SHEHU

66. AHMADU ATTAHIRU

67. HALIMATU AHMADU

68. SAMATU AHMADU

69. SULIYATU NAZIRU

70. UMARU SULE IMANI

71. ALH ADAMU DENDE

72. ADAMA ADAMU

73. RUKAYYATU ADAMU

74. RUFIYATU ADAMU

75. JAMILA ADAMU

76. ZAINAB ADAMU

77. NUHU ADAMU

78. RAHINATU WEDA

79. HINDU WEDA

80. BARAKA IBRAHIM BUKAR

81. ABBAS SALEMAMATA

82. MUSA ATTAHIRU LIMAN

83. BALKISU IDRIS

84. ANNATU ATTAHIRU MORA

85. IDRIS BANI YAKUBU

86. GARBA SAMARI

87. MUSTAPHA MUHAMMAD

88. KABIRU IDRIS

ABDUCTED VILLAGERS FROM KPENYA (MASAKA) VILLAGE

1. BI’O DABO MAGAJI KPENYA

2. GENE TOWEKI

3. BASANI TOWEKI

4. ABDULKARIM KISAMA

5. ADAMU AHMED

6. DANJUMA AL HASSAN

7. LUBATU USMAN

8. MARYAM LUBABATU

9. RAMATU SANUSI

GIAGBASSO LIST (SABON GIDA)

1. ATTAHIRU ZAKARI SARKIN GARI

2. YAKUBU MAGAJIN GARI

3. MOHAMMED IMAM

4. SARKIN SAMARI

5. IDRIS BIO

6. KIGALI

7. LAURATU IDRIS

8. AMINA IDRIS

9. SALIMA IDRIS

10. ALH BATULU

11. ALH MOHAMMED

12. ALH ADAMU

13. ALH ILIYASU

14. HALIDU BALAZA

15. RAHANA ATTAHIRU

16. ATTAHIRU HUSSENAT

17. ATTAHIRU HASSAN AT

18. ATTAHIRU ZUBAIRU

19. ABDULRAHMAN KIDA

20. ABDULRAHAMAN UMUSIMU

21. SHUAIBU ALI YU

22. YUSUF AYUBA

23. YUSUF ISMAEL

24. YAKUBU ABDUL AZIZ

25. YAKUBU BASHIRU

26. YAKUBU MUSTAPHA

27. ADAMU SALAMAT

28. MALAM FARUK BARA’ATU

29. MALAM FARUK SALAMATU

30. HALIDU ATITA

31. AYUBA ASMA’U

32. YAKUBU BA’ABIU

33. ILIYASU KADIJ

34. ILIYASU KAMILA

35. ILIYASU ROFIYA

36. ILIYASU SALIFUDDIN

37. ILIYASU ABDUL SALAMI

38. ILIYASU MANSURA

39. ILIYASU TASLIMATU

40. SANI HABIBA

41. SANI SAIFAU

42. SANI NANA FIRDAUSI

43. SANI RILWANU

44. SANI KADIJ

45. SANI IBRAHIM

46. SIDDIKU SULEIMAN

47. MUSA SULEIMAN

48. KAMALUDIN SULEIMAN

49. ABUBAKAR HADIZA

50. ABUBAKAR SUFIYAN

51. ABUBAKAR LAMIDA

52. ABUBAKAR DUNIYA

53. ABUBAKAR NINI

54. ABUBAKAR AZIMU

55. ABABAKAR BAKE

56. ABUBAKAR MAS’UDA

57. MUSA MAIMUNA

58. MUSA HAUWA

59. MUSA RAHINAT

60. MUSA YAHAYA

61. MUSA KHAUSARA

62. ALHASSAN MORA

63. ALHASSAN HAJARA

64. ALHASSAN NASIRU

65. ALHASSAN AISHA

66. ALHASSAN AZIZU

67. ALHASSAN ASMA’U

68. ALHASSAN AMIDA

69. YUSUF ABDUL

70. YUSUF HALIDU

71. YUSUF AMINU

72. AHMED LUKMAN

73. HABIBU BUSSA

74. ABDUL KARIM RAHIMATU

75. ABDULKARIM YUSUF

76. ABDULKARIM SAKIRU

77. ABDULKARIM MUSA AT

78. MUSA WALISU

79. ABDULKARIM FILUA

80. ABDULKARIM MOHAMMED

81. HALIDU WALIYU

82. ALH SULEIMAN RAHIMATU

83. ALH SULEIMAN FAWAZU

84. ALH SULEIMAN YAHUZA

85. ALH SULEIMAN ALIYU

86. SALIHU SULEIMAN

87. BI’O BUKKALI IBRAHIM

88. ISSA BA’ATUR GOU

89. ISSA ALIMU

90. ISSA ANASI

91. GADONA BA’ATUR GOU

92. ALH ADAMU NAFI

93. ALH ADAMU RABI

94. ALH ADAMU ABDULRAHMAN

95. ALIMU RUKAYYAT

96. KIKALI YUSUF

97. WORU MARYAM

98. MOHAMMED LAMIDO

99. MOHAMMED HASSAN

100. ABUBAKAR SAMINU

101. AHMED MAHMUD

102. YUNUSA KUBURA

103. HALIDU HAMDIYYA

104. HALIDU ILADA

ABDUCTED PERSONS FROM GBENJI COMMUNITY

1. MUSSINAT ALIYU

2. KALIMAT ALIYU

3. MUKADAS ALIYU

4. ABASS ALIYU

5. JAFAR ALIYU

6. NAFIU ALIYU

7. RABIU ALIYU

8. REKIYA MOHAMMED

9. ADIKUT MOHAMMED

10. ANATU HARUNA

11. USSANAT ABASS

12. MUTIYAT ABASS

13. SAKINA UMAR

14. NAJIMU UMAR

15. MUTAZU UMAR

16. SA’ADAT UMAR

17. DANTAMI UMAR

18. BARI LA UMAR

19. BADIU UMAR

20. BIYAMIN UMAR

21. FARIDAT UMAR

22. IBRAHIM UMAR

23. HARUNA GIYA

24. YUSUF GIYA

25. KABIRU GIYA

26. SAFIU GIYA

27. AYUBA GIYA

28. HABIBATU GIYA

29. ANATU GIYA

30. SIKIR ALHASSAN

31. RUKAYAT ALHASSAN

32. RAMU ALHASSAN

33. SHEHU ALHASSAN

34. MORATU ALHASSAN

35. HAWAU MUSA

36. ABDULLAHI MUSA

37. MUSIRYAT MUSA

38. SALISU MUSA

39. SAKINAT MOHAMMED

40. NAZIRU MOHAMMED

41. SAFUNAYE MOHAMMED

42. MUSA MOHAMMED

43. JABIR MOHAMMED

44. BALATU MOHAMMED

45. ASAT ABUBAKAR

46. JAFAR ABUBAKAR

47. UMAR ABUBAKAR

48. SADIYA ZAKARI

49. RAFIYAT ZAKARI

50. BAYEI ZAKARI

51. IDRIS ZAKARI

52. AISHAT ZAKARI

53. BAKE ZAKARI

54. KIKAMI ZAKARI

55. ABDULLAHI ZAKARI

56. ZINAB ZAKARI

57. AISAT MOH’D

58. MASUDU MOH’D

59. FATI MOH’D

60. MAWKATU MOH’D

61. GARB MOH’D

62. BITU ABDULKAREEM

63. JIRBO ZAKAW

64. RAMATU ZAKAAR

65. HASIMU OKOKO

66. MUSIRMA OKOKO

67. BADILU OKOKO

68. BARAKA OKOKO

69. ANAMI SHEIBU

70. RISA, ADA SHEIBU

71. SAFURA SHEIBU

72. BABI SHEIBU

73. AMINU SHEIBU

74. ILIYASU YAWU

75. ALIMAT ILIYASU

76. RAMATU ILIYASU

77. RABIQAT ILIYASU

78. HASSAN IDRIS

79. SAUDAT HASSAN

80. ALHASSAN HASSAN

81. ANIFAT HUSSAINI

82. ABDULFATAI HUSSAINI

83. NIIMATU HUSSAINI

84. NURUDEEN HASSAN

85. RUFAIMATU HASSAN

86. MUJEBAT HUSSAINI

87. AMINAT ABUBAKAR

88. SADAM ABUBAKAR

89. SAMILA SADAM

90. ROFIA ABUBAKAR

91. AMIDU ABUBAKAR

92. RIDWANU ABUBAKAR

93. BADOU ABUBAKAR

94. JAMILA AWAL

95. MUILAT RUFAI

96. NASIRU ILIUASU

97. HAMZA ALHASSAN

98. SALIFU ALHASSAN

99. AMZIYATU ALHASSAN

100. JIBRIL SAMARI

101. AMINAT JIBRIL

102. RUKAIYAT KABIRU

103. SUDIKAT KABIRU

104. SODIK KABIRU

105. ZALIYA AMUDA

106. SARATU AMUDA

107. AINATU AMUDA

108. FAUZIYA AMUDA

109. MUIDEEM AMUDA

110. ABDUL-WALIU AMUDA

111. ABASS AMUDA

112. AMUTULLAH AMUDA

113. NAIMATU AMUDA

114. KAFILA AMUDA

115. RUFA’INATU AMUDA

116. NIIMATU AMUDA

117. BILYAMINU AMUDA

118. RAFIYATU AMUDA

119. ALHAJI LOMAN ALIYU

120. HAWAU ALIYU

121. HAWAU ALIYU

122. RABIU ALIYU

123. MOMIRATU ALIYU

124. SARIFATU ALIYU

125. BINTU ALIYU

126. RASIDI ALIYU

127. HASIYAT ALIYU

128. JAMILA ALIYU

129. NABIYA AWAL

130. RASHIDA SAMIU

131. KADISATU SAMIU

132. ADIJAT SULEIMAN

133. SAMILA SULEIMAN

133. NAIGE HAMIDU

134. SAMSIYATU HAMIDU

135. BANAA HAMIDU

136. ADISA HAMIDU

137. SOLIYA HAMIDU

138. KALIMAT IBRAHIM

139. MOHAMMED IBRAHIM

140. RABI IBRAHIM

141. SA’DAT IBRAHIM

142. MUZAMMIR ISRALI

143. FADIN IBRAHIM

144. RABIU IBRAHIM

145. SHARIFAT IBRAHIM

146. SHELIHAT IBRAHIM

147. ANANAT IBRAHIM

148. MARIYAM MUDASHIR

149. YASHIR MUDASHIR

150. AWALI ABDULAZIZU

151. ALHASSAN BAGIDI

152. AISHAT MOHAMMED ALAJI

153. AISHAT AKTU

154. ZUBAIRAT ALAJI

155. RUBATU ALAJI

156. USMAN ALAGI

157. NA’ANU ALAGI

158. BAGALU ALAGI

159. SAMILA ALAGI

160. UMMEYL HALIRU ALAGI

161. ZHUN AHMAD BAIKO

162. ZARATU AHMED

163. RASHIDAT AHMED

164. ATIFAT AHMED

165. AMIRAT AHMED

166. KALIMU JIBRO

167. ANATU ABDULLAHI

168. HASSANAT ABDULLAHI

169. SA’ADU ABDULLAHI

170. MULSANU GA’ADE

171. MOHAMMED GA’ADE

172. ISBATU ADAMU

173. HAMIDU ISSAH

174. MOHAMMED ISSAH

175. ANATU ISHAKU

176. ATTAHIRU ISHAKU

177. SHARIFAT ISHAKU

178. WASILAT ISHAKU

179. NA’AGONI ISHAKU

180. MOMIDU ISSAH

181. RAMATU SULE SANI

182. AWALI MAMA

183. ATIKU MAMA

184. UMABU ABUBAKAR

185. MAISARI AUDU

186. HALIRU AUDU

187. AWALI AUDU

188. ASIYAT SUNUSA

189. BIO GENE

190. ABDULRAK GENE

191. ZINATU GENE

192. ANIFAT GENE

193. HUZEIRU GENE

194. MUNAFU YUSUF

195. MUDASHIR YUSUF

196. RUMASAU YUSUF

197. RIDWAN USMAN

198. ZULKIFURU YUNUSA

199. RABIRAT YUNUSA

200. RAFIYAT YUNUSA

201. YUNUSA SULE

202. RAKIYAT YUNUSA

203. ZAINAB YUNUSA

204. HADISAT AT HALU

205. MARYAM ISHAKU

206. SAIDU ATTAHIRU

207. FURAILA SAIDU

208. HAMIDAT- SAIDU

209. SHERIFAT SAIDU

210. ISBATU SAIDU

211. DALAJA SAIDU

212. AKIMU SAIDU

213. MOHAMMED TSHAKU

214. SHOUWA TSHAKU

215. SULEIMAN ISHAKU

216. FARIDAT SALIHU

217. FATIMAT MALIKI

218. MARIALIYETU MALIKI

219. HAMDAT MALIKI

220. NAIYE MALIKI

221. MAIMUNAT MALIKI

222. HALIDU GOBA ZA

223. ZAINAB MUSA

224. SALATU SULEIMAN

225. SULE SANI

226. AMU SATU HALIDU

227. FATI UMARU

228. SUBIRU UMARU

229. AMUDANU UMARU

230. SUBIDA UMARU

231. SAMUSIYA UMARU

232. AMUDANU UMARU

233. LIDIWANU UMARU

234. TANIMU UMARU

235. BAYANU UMARU

236. ABU AHMED

237. YUSUF AHMED

238. ADISAT ABU

239. SADIYAT YUSUF

240. IDINU YUSUF

241. IDIYAT YUSUF

242. SADIKI ABU

243. NAZIRAT ABU

244. FAWUSAT MASAHUDU

245. FASADU MASAHUDU

246. NAFISAT AHMED

247. SAHIDAT ADAMU

248. MUSARAT FANAT

249. HABIRU ABU

250. MARUFAT SAHIDU

251. AWAL MOHAMMED

252. ATIKU MOHAMMED

253. ALIYU SULEIMAN

254. HALIMAT SULEIMAN

255. AMIDA SULEIMAN

256. INDATU SULEIMAN

257. AKIMA SULEIMAN

258. AMINA SULEIMAN

259. SODIKA SULEIMAN

260. BALKISU SULEIMAN

261. SULEIMAN SANI

262. RAMATU SULEIMAN

263. MOH’D SULEIMAN

264. FATIMA SULEIMAN

265. SAMIRAT SULEIMAN

266. HADIZAT SANI

267. AMARYA SETA SOMAILA

268. IBRAHIM SOMAILA

269. ALKIRALI SOMAILA

270. JAMEYILI SOMAILA

271. MOHAMMED SANI

272. RUKUMANU SANI

273. ALHAJI ALIYU GBEYA

274. MALIKI ALIYU GBEYA

275. LAHANA ALIYU GBEYA

276. ABDUL-KADIR ALIYU GBEYA

277. TAJUDEEN ALIYU GBEYA

278. FATIMA MAKARI

279. DANBAU ADAMU

280. MARUFI SAIDU

281. NAZIRU SAIDU

282. RASHIDAT SALIHU

283. MUJAHIDEEN SALIHU

284. MUJTADA SALIHU

285. MUHTATU SALIHU

286. RAHIMA SALIHU

287. MUJANATU JAFARY

288. ABU JAFARY

289. HALIDU JAFARY

290. SAFATU JAFARY

291. MARYAM AMINU

292. HUSSAINI ALHAJI BAZA

293. SUIBAT ALH. BAZA

294. ABDURAMAN ALH. BAZA

295. AMANYAN ALH. BAZA

296. KAMEN ALH. BAZA

297. SAFANA AMANIYE ALH-BAZA

298. HAFSAT IBRAHIM

299. MARIYA ABDUBAZIZ

300. ZAINAB ABDUL-KAREEM

301. MOHAMMED AWAL ABDUL-KAREEM

302. ALIYU ABDUL-KAREEM

303. UMMI HAIMA ZALAIYU

304. HADI ABUBAKAR LAAKI

305. HUSSAINI ALIYU

306. SAUDA MUSA

307. AKIMA MUSA

308. QOSIBAT MUSA

309. ZUWAINAT ABU LAAKI

310. NA-GALO ABU LAAKI

311. MAJIDA ABU LAAKI

312. KAFILAT ABU LAAKI

313. BAA AUDU MAI SAMARI BANI

314. ALIYU BA’AUDU BANI

315. LIMATU MASAUDU

316. SURAJO MASAUDU

317. MAIGIDA ISSAH

318. YAZIDU ISSAH

319. ABDUL-WAHAB ISSAH

320. MALILAT ISSAH

321. RASHIDAT ISSAH

322. ZARADEEN YAZIDU

323. NANA ABDUL-WAHAB

324. RABIU ALIYU GBEYA

325. UMARU FARUK ALIZU GBEYA

326. ZAINAB ALIYU GBEYA

327. ALIYU (A) ALIYU GBEYA

328. MOHAMMADU ALIYU GBEYA

329. SAUDAT ALIYU GBEYA

330. AKIMA ALIYU GBEYA

331. QOSIFAT ALIYU GBEYA

332. MUSILIU ALIYU GBEYA

333. MAMMADU (AK) ALIYU GBEYA

334. KATUMI BASHIRU ALIYU GBEYA

335. ADAMU YUSUF

336. ISSAH YUSUF

337. ABDULLAHI YUSUF

338. INDALU YUSUF

339. KIDAYA YUSUF

340. AISE YUSUF

341. JORA ISIYA YUSUF

ABDUCTED PERSONS FROM GBEBARA COMMUNITY

1. MUSA KALA MAKERI

2. KABIRU YAKUBU

3. ISHAQ ATTAHIRU

4. SHAFIU AHMED

5. MALLAM AHMADU (Daily Trust)