Nigeria, March 20 -- The Southern Senators Forum has condemned the abduction of 87 people from Tantatu, a community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The forum in a statement jointly signed by Mukhail Abiru and Asuquo Ekpenyong said it was disturbed by repeated abductions in Kaduna and Borno States.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how terrorists recently kidnapped over 250 school children in Kuriga in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Shortly after the abduction in Kuriga, the terrorists again abducted scores of residents in Kajuru LGA.

The lawmakers' forum said the recurring mass abduction of residents in the northern part of the country is disturbing and must be addressed by the security forces.

"The forum is ...