Nigeria Declares Security Emergency After Mass Abductions
The dormitories where gunmen kidnapped school children in Kebbi, Nigeria on Nov. 17.
Photographer: Deeni Jibo/AP PhotoNigeria declared security emergency after a recent spate of mass abductions of students and Christian worshipers that forced the West African nation to shut down some schools.
Security agencies have been authorized to recruit thousands of more personnel as part of the emergency measures, while nomadic herders have been ordered to surrender illegal weapons, President Bola Tinubu said in a statement on Wednesday.