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Gunmen have abducted about 61 people in Kajuru local government in Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria.
The gunmen attacked the town of Buda on Monday night and opened fire, as some local residents told the BBC.
However, there is no statement from the state authorities and police officers confirming the attack.
But the residents of the area said that the gunmen surrounded the town at around 11:30 pm and kept shooting at each other.
"No one can say the number of gunmen who came and gathered men and women, which amounted to about 61 people they took away," as a resident of the town told the BBC.
He said that there were six of his brothers among those who were taken away by the gunmen.
"We identified 32 women and 29 men who were in the hands of the gunmen and there was one of the women they took who was less than four days old and they took her and left the baby," he said.
He said the gunmen stormed the town with the intention of gathering many people but the help of the security forces that they brought reduced the number of people they kidnapped.
"The gunmen were gathering people when the security forces of Kajuru opened fire on them and kept exchanging fire."
"If it wasn't for the entry of the security forces, it would not have been known how many people would have gathered," he said.
He said there was a delay in getting information about the matter due to the lack of cellular network in the area