Niger abductions: Communities release names of 547 worshippers

*List contradicts government’s lower figure after mosque attacks in Borgu

Communities in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State have released a list naming 547 worshippers allegedly abducted during attacks on mosques in Dekara District, challenging the lower figure previously given by the state government.

The development follows comments attributed to Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago, who said reports that more than 500 people were abducted were “social media hype.”

He said 33 people were kidnapped from a mosque, while another 30 were abducted from a market, bringing the total to 63. According to him, three victims had been killed and 14 recovered.

However, Daily Trust reports that community representatives have disputed the figure, providing names and a breakdown of the alleged victims across five communities.

In a document signed by Zubairu Umar, Youth President of Dekara District, the communities said 547 people were taken into the Kainji Lake National Park Forest following the attacks and that their whereabouts and condition remained unknown.

The breakdown listed 341 people from Gbenji, 104 from Giagbasso, also known as Sabon Gida, 88 from Dekara, nine from Kpenya in Masaka and five from Gbebara.

The attack reportedly occurred on August 21, 2026, when armed men raided four mosques in Dekara District during Friday prayers. The community document said the abductions affected residents, religious leaders and families across the affected areas.

Among those listed from Dekara were the community’s Chief Imam, Adamu Attahiru, as well as village heads and other residents. The document also contains extensive lists of alleged victims from Giagbasso, Gbenji, Kpenya and Gbebara.

The development has created a sharp discrepancy between the figure provided by state authorities and the number being claimed by community representatives.

The chairman of Borgu LGA, Mohammed Nasir Abdullahi, had earlier supported the lower figure, telling Daily Trust that “a little above 60” people were abducted during the attack.

The community’s release of names now provides a substantially different account of the scale of the incident. However, the document itself represents the communities’ account of the abductions and does not independently establish the final number of people still in captivity.

The conflicting figures underscore the uncertainty surrounding the incident and the need for authorities to clarify the status and whereabouts of the reported victims.

Complete list of names

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
13. MOHAMMED IDRIS
14. MARYAM MOHAMMED
15. YUSUF
16. SALIHU MORA
17. HAJARA MOHAMMED
18. SHAMSIYA MOHAMMED
19. AYUBA MOHAMMED
20. IDRIS MOHAMMED
21. RUKAYYA MOHAMMED
22. HALIMATU MOHAMMED
23. NA’A DOHU IDRIS LAAKI
24. ALH HARUNA SHUGABA
25. ABU USMAN
26. SULEIMAN LAFIYA
27. GARBA GUMALE
28. MOHAMMED BUHARI GARBA
29. SAMIRAT GARBA KASIMU
30. NAZIRU KASIMU
31. ABDULRAZAK MUSA TANIMU
32. MUSTAPHA TANIMU
33. FATIMA GAYYA YUSUF
34. FATIMA GIAGBASSO YUSUF
35. RASIMATU YUSUF
36. SAKIRA YUSUF
37. MUSA JIBRIL DENDE
38. ZAINABU SANI
39. BALKISU SANI
40. MUSLIM DAUDA
41. ANATU MAMUDA
42. SAFIYA MAMUDA
43. MUFIRA MAMUDA
44. SAFIYA LUKMAN
45. HAUWA HASSAN
46. USMAN BABA WOO
47. HAMSATU AL HASSAN
48. KABIRU AL HASSAN
49. HAUWA’U ALHASSAN
50. FATIMA AL HASSAN
51. MADINATU ALHASSAN
52. ADAMU ATTAHIRU CHIEF IMAM DEKARA
53. ISIBA ADAMU
54. ZAINABU ADAMU
55. HASIYATU ADAMU LIMAN
56. LATIFA ADAMU
57. KADIJAT ADAMU
58. HALIDATU ADAMU
59. TAKIYATU ADAMU
60. HAJARA SHEHU
61. JAMIU SHEHU
62. LAMURA SHEHU
63. SISU SHEHU
64. AHMADU ATTAHIRU
65. HALIMATU AHMADU
66. SAMATU AHMADU
67. SULIYATU NAZIRU
68. UMARU SULE IMANI
69. ALH ADAMU DENDE
70. ADAMA ADAMU
71. RUKAYYATU ADAMU
72. RUFIYATU ADAMU
73. JAMILA ADAMU
74. ZAINAB ADAMU
75. NUHU ADAMU
76. RAHINATU WEDA
77. HINDU WEDA
78. BARAKA IBRAHIM BUKAR
79. ABBAS SALEMAMATA
80. MUSA ATTAHIRU LIMAN
81. BALKISU IDRIS
82. ANNATU ATTAHIRU MORA
83. IDRIS BANI YAKUBU
84. GARBA SAMARI
85. MUSTAPHA MUHAMMAD
86. KABIRU IDRIS
87. BI’O DABO MAGAJI KPENYA
88. GENE TOWEKI
89. BASANI TOWEKI
90. ABDULKARIM KISAMA
91. ADAMU AHMED
92. DANJUMA AL HASSAN
93. LUBATU USMAN
94. MARYAM LUBABATU
95. RAMATU SANUSI
96. ATTAHIRU ZAKARI SARKIN GARI
97. YAKUBU MAGAJIN GARI
98. MOHAMMED IMAM
99. SARKIN SAMARI
100. IDRIS BIO
101. KIGALI
102. LAURATU IDRIS
103. AMINA IDRIS
104. SALIMA IDRIS
105. ALH BATULU
106. ALH MOHAMMED
107. ALH ADAMU
108. ALH ILIYASU
109. HALIDU BALAZA
110. RAHANA ATTAHIRU
111. ATTAHIRU HUSSENAT
112. ATTAHIRU HASSAN AT
113. ATTAHIRU ZUBAIRU
114. ABDULRAHMAN KIDA
115. ABDULRAHAMAN UMUSIMU
116. SHUAIBU ALI YU
117. YUSUF AYUBA
118. YUSUF ISMAEL
119. YAKUBU ABDUL AZIZ
120. YAKUBU BASHIRU
121. YAKUBU MUSTAPHA
122. ADAMU SALAMAT
123. MALAM FARUK BARA’ATU
124. MALAM FARUK SALAMATU
125. HALIDU ATITA
126. AYUBA ASMA’U
127. YAKUBU BA’ABIU
128. ILIYASU KADIJ
129. ILIYASU KAMILA
130. ILIYASU ROFIYA
131. ILIYASU SALIFUDDIN
132. ILIYASU ABDUL SALAMI
133. ILIYASU MANSURA
134. ILIYASU TASLIMATU
135. SANI HABIBA
136. SANI SAIFAU
137. SANI NANA FIRDAUSI
138. SANI RILWANU
139. SANI KADIJ
140. SANI IBRAHIM
141. SIDDIKU SULEIMAN
142. MUSA SULEIMAN
143. KAMALUDIN SULEIMAN
144. ABUBAKAR HADIZA
145. ABUBAKAR SUFIYAN
146. ABUBAKAR LAMIDA
147. ABUBAKAR DUNIYA
148. ABUBAKAR NINI
149. ABUBAKAR AZIMU
150. ABABAKAR BAKE
151. ABUBAKAR MAS’UDA
152. MUSA MAIMUNA
153. MUSA HAUWA
154. MUSA RAHINAT
155. MUSA YAHAYA
156. MUSA KHAUSARA
157. ALHASSAN MORA
158. ALHASSAN HAJARA
159. ALHASSAN NASIRU
160. ALHASSAN AISHA
161. ALHASSAN AZIZU
162. ALHASSAN ASMA’U
163. ALHASSAN AMIDA
164. YUSUF ABDUL
165. YUSUF HALIDU
166. YUSUF AMINU
167. AHMED LUKMAN
168. HABIBU BUSSA
169. ABDUL KARIM RAHIMATU
170. ABDULKARIM YUSUF
171. ABDULKARIM SAKIRU
172. ABDULKARIM MUSA AT
173. MUSA WALISU
174. ABDULKARIM FILUA
175. ABDULKARIM MOHAMMED
176. HALIDU WALIYU
177. ALH SULEIMAN RAHIMATU
178. ALH SULEIMAN FAWAZU
179. ALH SULEIMAN YAHUZA
180. ALH SULEIMAN ALIYU
181. SALIHU SULEIMAN
182. BI’O BUKKALI IBRAHIM
183. ISSA BA’ATUR GOU
184. ISSA ALIMU
185. ISSA ANASI
186. GADONA BA’ATUR GOU
187. ALH ADAMU NAFI
188. ALH ADAMU RABI
189. ALH ADAMU ABDULRAHMAN
190. ALIMU RUKAYYAT
191. KIKALI YUSUF
192. WORU MARYAM
193. MOHAMMED LAMIDO
194. MOHAMMED HASSAN
195. ABUBAKAR SAMINU
196. AHMED MAHMUD
197. YUNUSA KUBURA
198. HALIDU HAMDIYYA
199. HALIDU ILADA
200. MUSSINAT ALIYU
201. KALIMAT ALIYU
202. MUKADAS ALIYU
203. ABASS ALIYU
204. JAFAR ALIYU
205. NAFIU ALIYU
206. RABIU ALIYU
207. REKIYA MOHAMMED
208. ADIKUT MOHAMMED
209. ANATU HARUNA
210. USSANAT ABASS
211. MUTIYAT ABASS
212. SAKINA UMAR
213. NAJIMU UMAR
214. MUTAZU UMAR
215. SA’ADAT UMAR
216. DANTAMI UMAR
217. BARI LA UMAR
218. BADIU UMAR
219. BIYAMIN UMAR
220. FARIDAT UMAR
221. IBRAHIM UMAR
222. HARUNA GIYA
223. YUSUF GIYA
224. KABIRU GIYA
225. SAFIU GIYA
226. AYUBA GIYA
227. HABIBATU GIYA
228. ANATU GIYA
229. SIKIR ALHASSAN
230. RUKAYAT ALHASSAN
231. RAMU ALHASSAN
232. SHEHU ALHASSAN
233. MORATU ALHASSAN
234. HAWAU MUSA
235. ABDULLAHI MUSA
236. MUSIRYAT MUSA
237. SALISU MUSA
238. SAKINAT MOHAMMED
239. NAZIRU MOHAMMED
240. SAFUNAYE MOHAMMED
241. MUSA MOHAMMED
242. JABIR MOHAMMED
243. BALATU MOHAMMED
244. ASAT ABUBAKAR
245. JAFAR ABUBAKAR
246. UMAR ABUBAKAR
247. SADIYA ZAKARI
248. RAFIYAT ZAKARI
249. BAYEI ZAKARI
250. IDRIS ZAKARI
251. AISHAT ZAKARI
252. BAKE ZAKARI
253. KIKAMI ZAKARI
254. ABDULLAHI ZAKARI
255. ZINAB ZAKARI
256. AISAT MOH’D
257. MASUDU MOH’D
258. FATI MOH’D
259. MAWKATU MOH’D
260. GARB MOH’D
261. BITU ABDULKAREEM
262. JIRBO ZAKAW
263. RAMATU ZAKAAR
264. HASIMU OKOKO
265. MUSIRMA OKOKO
266. BADILU OKOKO
267. BARAKA OKOKO
268. ANAMI SHEIBU
269. RISA, ADA SHEIBU
270. SAFURA SHEIBU
271. BABI SHEIBU
272. AMINU SHEIBU
273. ILIYASU YAWU
274. ALIMAT ILIYASU
275. RAMATU ILIYASU
276. RABIQAT ILIYASU
277. HASSAN IDRIS
278. SAUDAT HASSAN
279. ALHASSAN HASSAN
280. ANIFAT HUSSAINI
281. ABDULFATAI HUSSAINI
282. NIIMATU HUSSAINI
283. NURUDEEN HASSAN
284. RUFAIMATU HASSAN
285. MUJEBAT HUSSAINI
286. AMINAT ABUBAKAR
287. SADAM ABUBAKAR
288. SAMILA SADAM
289. ROFIA ABUBAKAR
290. AMIDU ABUBAKAR
291. RIDWANU ABUBAKAR
292. BADOU ABUBAKAR
293. JAMILA AWAL
294. MUILAT RUFAI
295. NASIRU ILIUASU
296. HAMZA ALHASSAN
297. SALIFU ALHASSAN
298. AMZIYATU ALHASSAN
299. JIBRIL SAMARI
300. AMINAT JIBRIL
301. RUKAIYAT KABIRU
302. SUDIKAT KABIRU
303. SODIK KABIRU
304. ZALIYA AMUDA
305. SARATU AMUDA
306. AINATU AMUDA
307. FAUZIYA AMUDA
308. MUIDEEM AMUDA
309. ABDUL-WALIU AMUDA
310. ABASS AMUDA
311. AMUTULLAH AMUDA
312. NAIMATU AMUDA
313. KAFILA AMUDA
314. RUFA’INATU AMUDA
315. NIIMATU AMUDA
316. BILYAMINU AMUDA
317. RAFIYATU AMUDA
318. ALHAJI LOMAN ALIYU
319. HAWAU ALIYU
320. HAWAU ALIYU
321. RABIU ALIYU
322. MOMIRATU ALIYU
323. SARIFATU ALIYU
324. BINTU ALIYU
325. RASIDI ALIYU
326. HASIYAT ALIYU
327. JAMILA ALIYU
328. NABIYA AWAL
329. RASHIDA SAMIU
330. KADISATU SAMIU
331. ADIJAT SULEIMAN
332. SAMILA SULEIMAN
333. NAIGE HAMIDU
334. SAMSIYATU HAMIDU
335. BANAA HAMIDU
336. ADISA HAMIDU
337. SOLIYA HAMIDU
338. KALIMAT IBRAHIM
339. MOHAMMED IBRAHIM
340. RABI IBRAHIM
341. SA’DAT IBRAHIM
342. MUZAMMIR ISRALI
343. FADIN IBRAHIM
344. RABIU IBRAHIM
345. SHARIFAT IBRAHIM
346. SHELIHAT IBRAHIM
347. ANANAT IBRAHIM
348. MARIYAM MUDASHIR
349. YASHIR MUDASHIR
350. AWALI ABDULAZIZU
351. ALHASSAN BAGIDI
352. AISHAT MOHAMMED ALAJI
353. AISHAT AKTU
354. ZUBAIRAT ALAJI
355. RUBATU ALAJI
356. USMAN ALAGI
357. NA’ANU ALAGI
358. BAGALU ALAGI
359. SAMILA ALAGI
360. UMMEYL HALIRU ALAGI
361. ZHUN AHMAD BAIKO
362. ZARATU AHMED
363. RASHIDAT AHMED
364. ATIFAT AHMED
365. AMIRAT AHMED
366. KALIMU JIBRO
367. ANATU ABDULLAHI
368. HASSANAT ABDULLAHI
369. SA’ADU ABDULLAHI
370. MULSANU GA’ADE
371. MOHAMMED GA’ADE
372. ISBATU ADAMU
373. HAMIDU ISSAH
374. MOHAMMED ISSAH
375. ANATU ISHAKU
376. ATTAHIRU ISHAKU
377. SHARIFAT ISHAKU
378. WASILAT ISHAKU
379. NA’AGONI ISHAKU
380. MOMIDU ISSAH
381. RAMATU SULE SANI
382. AWALI MAMA
383. ATIKU MAMA
384. UMABU ABUBAKAR
385. MAISARI AUDU
386. HALIRU AUDU
387. AWALI AUDU
388. ASIYAT SUNUSA
389. BIO GENE
390. ABDULRAK GENE
391. ZINATU GENE
392. ANIFAT GENE
393. HUZEIRU GENE
394. MUNAFU YUSUF
395. MUDASHIR YUSUF
396. RUMASAU YUSUF
397. RIDWAN USMAN
398. ZULKIFURU YUNUSA
399. RABIRAT YUNUSA
400. RAFIYAT YUNUSA
401. YUNUSA SULE
402. RAKIYAT YUNUSA
403. ZAINAB YUNUSA
404. HADISAT AT HALU
405. MARYAM ISHAKU
406. SAIDU ATTAHIRU
407. FURAILA SAIDU
408. HAMIDAT- SAIDU
409. SHERIFAT SAIDU
410. ISBATU SAIDU
411. DALAJA SAIDU
412. AKIMU SAIDU
413. MOHAMMED TSHAKU
414. SHOUWA TSHAKU
415. SULEIMAN ISHAKU
416. FARIDAT SALIHU
417. FATIMAT MALIKI
418. MARIALIYETU MALIKI
419. HAMDAT MALIKI
420. NAIYE MALIKI
421. MAIMUNAT MALIKI
422. HALIDU GOBA ZA
423. ZAINAB MUSA
424. SALATU SULEIMAN
425. SULE SANI
426. AMU SATU HALIDU
427. FATI UMARU
428. SUBIRU UMARU
429. AMUDANU UMARU
430. SUBIDA UMARU
431. SAMUSIYA UMARU
432. AMUDANU UMARU
433. LIDIWANU UMARU
434. TANIMU UMARU
435. BAYANU UMARU
436. ABU AHMED
437. YUSUF AHMED
438. ADISAT ABU
439. SADIYAT YUSUF
440. IDINU YUSUF
441. IDIYAT YUSUF
442. SADIKI ABU
443. NAZIRAT ABU
444. FAWUSAT MASAHUDU
445. FASADU MASAHUDU
446. NAFISAT AHMED
447. SAHIDAT ADAMU
448. MUSARAT FANAT
449. HABIRU ABU
450. MARUFAT SAHIDU
451. AWAL MOHAMMED
452. ATIKU MOHAMMED
453. ALIYU SULEIMAN
454. HALIMAT SULEIMAN
455. AMIDA SULEIMAN
456. INDATU SULEIMAN
457. AKIMA SULEIMAN
458. AMINA SULEIMAN
459. SODIKA SULEIMAN
460. BALKISU SULEIMAN
461. SULEIMAN SANI
462. RAMATU SULEIMAN
463. MOH’D SULEIMAN
464. FATIMA SULEIMAN
465. SAMIRAT SULEIMAN
466. HADIZAT SANI
467. AMARYA SETA SOMAILA
468. IBRAHIM SOMAILA
469. ALKIRALI SOMAILA
470. JAMEYILI SOMAILA
471. MOHAMMED SANI
472. RUKUMANU SANI
473. ALHAJI ALIYU GBEYA
474. MALIKI ALIYU GBEYA
475. LAHANA ALIYU GBEYA
476. ABDUL-KADIR ALIYU GBEYA
477. TAJUDEEN ALIYU GBEYA
478. FATIMA MAKARI
479. DANBAU ADAMU
480. MARUFI SAIDU
481. NAZIRU SAIDU
482. RASHIDAT SALIHU
483. MUJAHIDEEN SALIHU
484. MUJTADA SALIHU
485. MUHTATU SALIHU
486. RAHIMA SALIHU
487. MUJANATU JAFARY
488. ABU JAFARY
489. HALIDU JAFARY
490. SAFATU JAFARY
491. MARYAM AMINU
492. HUSSAINI ALHAJI BAZA
493. SUIBAT ALH. BAZA
494. ABDURAMAN ALH. BAZA
495. AMANYAN ALH. BAZA
496. KAMEN ALH. BAZA
497. SAFANA AMANIYE ALH-BAZA
498. HAFSAT IBRAHIM
499. MARIYA ABDUBAZIZ
500. ZAINAB ABDUL-KAREEM
501. MOHAMMED AWAL ABDUL-KAREEM
502. ALIYU ABDUL-KAREEM
503. UMMI HAIMA ZALAIYU
504. HADI ABUBAKAR LAAKI
505. HUSSAINI ALIYU
506. SAUDA MUSA
507. AKIMA MUSA
508. QOSIBAT MUSA
509. ZUWAINAT ABU LAAKI
510. NA-GALO ABU LAAKI
511. MAJIDA ABU LAAKI
512. KAFILAT ABU LAAKI
513. BAA AUDU MAI SAMARI BANI
514. ALIYU BA’AUDU BANI
515. LIMATU MASAUDU
516. SURAJO MASAUDU
517. MAIGIDA ISSAH
518. YAZIDU ISSAH
519. ABDUL-WAHAB ISSAH
520. MALILAT ISSAH
521. RASHIDAT ISSAH
522. ZARADEEN YAZIDU
523. NANA ABDUL-WAHAB
524. RABIU ALIYU GBEYA
525. UMARU FARUK ALIZU GBEYA
526. ZAINAB ALIYU GBEYA
527. ALIYU (A) ALIYU GBEYA
528. MOHAMMADU ALIYU GBEYA
529. SAUDAT ALIYU GBEYA
530. AKIMA ALIYU GBEYA
531. QOSIFAT ALIYU GBEYA
532. MUSILIU ALIYU GBEYA
533. MAMMADU (AK) ALIYU GBEYA
534. KATUMI BASHIRU ALIYU GBEYA
535. ADAMU YUSUF
536. ISSAH YUSUF
537. ABDULLAHI YUSUF
538. INDALU YUSUF
539. KIDAYA YUSUF
540. AISE YUSUF
541. JORA ISIYA YUSUF
542. MUSA KALA MAKERI
543. KABIRU YAKUBU
544. ISHAQ ATTAHIRU
545. SHAFIU AHMED
546. MALLAM AHMADU