据媒体报道，尼日利亚有80多人被武装团伙绑架后下落不明。与此同时，当局宣布在东南部阿比亚州发现了疑似绑架受害者的遗骸。
More than 80 people have been reported missing in Nigeria after being abducted by armed gangs, a media report said, as authorities announced the discovery of human remains suspected to belong to victims of kidnapping in the southeastern state of Abia.
法新社周一报道称，在周末发生的两起独立袭击事件后，至少有87人失踪，其中大多数是女性。
The AFP news agency reported on Monday that at least 87 people, mostly women, were missing after two separate weekend attacks.
据该机构援引两份安全报告和一名当地消息人士的话称，周六，至少47名农民在北部尼日尔州收割花生时被武装人员绑架；周日，邻近的扎姆法拉州又有40名妇女被绑架。
At least 47 farmers were abducted by armed men while harvesting peanuts in the northern Niger State on Saturday, while 40 women were kidnapped in the neighbouring state of Zamfara on Sunday, the agency reported, citing two security reports and a local source.
发生在尼日尔州马里加地区和扎姆法拉州亚尔加达的绑架事件，是犯罪团伙实施的最新袭击。这些团伙专门从事绑架勒索和偷盗牲畜的勾当。当地人称他们为“土匪”，他们经常对村庄进行血腥袭击，在洗劫房屋后杀害居民并放火焚烧房屋。
The kidnappings in the Mariga area of Niger and Yargada in Zamfara are the latest attacks by criminal gangs who specialise in ransom kidnappings and cattle rustling. Locally known as “bandits”, they regularly carry out bloody raids on villages, killing residents and torching homes after looting them.
另外，阿比亚州警方周日在声明中宣布，在突袭森林中与犯罪集团有关的营地后，发现了28具疑似“（被绑架）受害者”的头骨和骨骼。
Separately, police in Abia announced in a statement on Sunday that they found 28 human skulls and bones ”suspected to be [of kidnapped] victims”, after raiding camps linked to criminal groups in the forests.
警方在社交平台X上发表声明称，现场嫌疑人已经逃跑，并补充说“正在加大力度抓捕在逃嫌疑人”。
In a statement on X, the police said suspects at the scene had fled and added that “efforts are intensified to apprehend the fleeing suspects”.
在尼日利亚西北部和中北部地区，大规模绑架勒索事件已变得司空见惯，武装团伙经常扣押被绑架者，直到获得巨额赎金。
Mass abductions for ransom have become common in parts of northwestern and north-central Nigeria, with armed gangs frequently holding abductees until they are paid large sums of money.
今年8月，武装分子在中北部尼日尔州德克拉村的一座清真寺进行周五礼拜时，绑架了多达600名礼拜者。
In August, gunmen abducted as many as 600 worshippers during Friday prayers at a mosque in Dekera village in the north-central Niger State.
根据总部位于拉各斯的咨询公司SBM Intelligence的研究，武装团体在2025年7月至2026年6月期间通过赎金支付筹集了约78亿奈拉（近600万美元），是去年同期支付的26亿奈拉的三倍多。
According to research from SBM Intelligence, a Lagos-based consultancy, armed groups raised some 7.8 billion naira (nearly $6m) in ransom payments between July 2025 and June 2026, more than triple the 2.6 billion naira paid during the same period last year.
新一轮绑架事件发生在1月份总统选举之前的几个月；届时，安全问题以及不断上涨的生活成本将成为民众关注的核心议题。
The latest wave of kidnappings comes a few months ahead of the January presidential elections, in which security, along with the rising cost of living, is set to be a major issue.
博拉·蒂努布总统因政府在维护国家安全方面的疏忽而面临越来越多的批评。
President Bola Tinubu has faced growing criticism over lax security.
上周一，尼日尔州的居民们举行了抗议活动，他们谴责武装分子袭击了该州多个社区，导致数百人被绑架；这些被绑架的人至今仍被关押在不明地点。这起事件被认为是该国历史上规模最大的一次集体绑架事件。
Residents of Niger State protested last Monday over the abduction of hundreds of people who, they said, remained in captivity a month after gunmen attacked several communities in one of the country’s largest mass kidnappings.