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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Tife Owolabi

Gunmen kidnap 32 people from southern Nigeria train station

FILE PHOTO: Abuja-Kaduna train resumes services after an attack on its passengers in Abuja, Nigeria December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

Gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles have abducted more than 30 people from a train station in Nigeria's southern Edo state, the governor's office said on Sunday.

The attack is the latest example of the growing insecurity that has spread to nearly every corner of Africa's most populous country, posing a challenge to the government in advance of a February presidential election.

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