As a result of an armed attack on a mine in the Nigerian state of Koga, five people died.
According to local media information, unknown armed people attacked a mine in Lokoja, killed five people and seized two Chinese citizens in order to get a ransom.
The state police representative William Anya said that security forces were sent to the scene, an investigation was launched.
Recently, various regions of Nigeria are often attacked by armed gangs, as well as the Boko Haram terrorist organizations and ISWAP (West African branch of the Deoash terrorist organization).
In Nigeria, the abduction of people is punishable by the death penalty, but despite this, cases of abduction are common in the country in order to obtain a ransom.
, in the framework of the fight against growing security problems, the authorities prohibit the payment of the purchase of armed persons.