Ceto 'yan Najeriya na 2020

Da sanyin safiyar ranar 31 ga Oktoba, 2020, Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa ta Amurka daga Kungiyar Cigaban Yakin Naval na Musamman (DEVGRU) Rundunar Azurfa sun gudanar da wani samame a Arewacin Najeriya, wanda ya yi sanadin kubutar da wani Ba’amurke da aka yi garkuwa da shi tare da kashe shida daga cikin masu garkuwa da mutane bakwai.   'yan bindiga sun yi garkuwa da wani matashi mai shekaru 27 Philip Walton, a gaban iyalansa a gidansa da ke kauyen Massalata a makwabciyar kasar Nijar a ranar 26 ga watan Oktoba, da nufin sayar da shi ga kungiyoyin 'yan ta'adda da ke yankin.     

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A cikin 2020, Nijar ta fuskanci hare-hare da dama daga masu tsattsauran ra'ayi masu alaka da kungiyoyin IS da al-Qaeda . Kimanin watanni biyu kafin sace Walton, mayakan da ke da alaka da IS sun kashe ma'aikatan agaji na Faransa shida da jagoransu na Nijar a lokacin da suke ziyartar wurin shakatawa na namun daji da ke kusa da Yamai babban birnin kasar.  Bugu da ƙari, an yi garkuwa da ma'aikacin agaji Ba'amurke Jeffery Woodke daga Abalak a watan Oktoba 2016, kuma an yi imanin an tsare shi a Mali  kafin a sake shi a ranar 20 ga Maris, 2023. 

Philip Walton is an American citizen and the son of missionaries, who has lived in Massalata with his wife and child for two years. His father lives in Birni-N'konni, and has lived in Niger for about 30 years.

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