Communities in Borgu LGA of Niger State have refuted claims by the state government that only 33 persons were abducted during attacks on mosques in Dekara District.
This comes as the communities released the names of 547 Worshipers kidnapped during the attacks.
Recall that the state governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, had dismissed the claims of over 500 abducted persons “as a social media hype”, saying a total of 63 persons were kidnapped during the onslaught and only 33 were kidnapped from the mosque.
The governor spoke 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.
“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 were recovered from them, so we should not be misled by people and social media”, he had said.
The Borgu LGA Chairman, Mohammed Nasir Abdullahi, had also substantiated the governor’s claim, saying that “a little above 60” were kidnapped during the attack.
However, the crestfallen and grieving community rejected the numbers of captives bandied by the governor and local government chairman and has released names of all the abductees.
In a document, Zubairu Umar, the Youth President of Dekara District, disclosed 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 families and religious leaders across the district.
A community breakdown of the kidnapped persons signed by Umar detailed the sheer 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 HAJAR
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 YAHUZAA
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
