source: Nigeria Punch; The Cable (Nigeria); Daily Independent (Nigeria)
actor1: Zamfara Communal Militia (Nigeria)
actor2: Civilians (Nigeria)
location: Zurmi
notes: On 5 August 2021, a Zamfara militia group abducted seven people, including the relatives of the speaker of the Zamfara state house assembly, in Zurmi (Zurmi LGA, Zamfara state). Five of the Speaker's relatives were rescued by the police, his father died of a heart attack while in captivity.