Six Juma’at imams are abducted by suspected bandits in Zamfara while travelling to attend a special prayer event. Reports say the clerics are taken at a location identified as Gidan Suleiman Bature in Gonar Sarkin Forest, near the community of Gonar Sarkin.
Outlets describe the trip as connected to a peace-focused prayer gathering linked to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign. Legit.ng frames it as travel to a “Tinubu 2027 prayer” event, while Information Nigeria says the aim is a special prayer session for peace and the success of the 2027 re-election bid. Both accounts indicate that the incident triggers urgent efforts to locate and rescue the abducted clerics. The reports do not provide additional details on the suspects’ identities, the exact time of the abduction, or the outcome of the search at the time of publication.
