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The police in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria have confirmed that an unknown number of people have been kidnapped and one person shot dead by suspected armed gangs along the busy Abuja-Kaduna Highway. The incident on Sunday afternoon has triggered tension in the country鈥檚 capital and neighbouring states. Videos emerged on social media showing several empty vehicles stranded on the highway with occupants feared kidnapped.

(Photo: These vehicles are believed to belong to those abdcuted, they were found on the Kaduna-Abuja highway. Credit: Kaduna State Government)