Nigeria's police have confirmed that a group of worshippers was kidnapped from three churches in a remote part of the northern Kaduna state, after previously denying it. Local residents say that 177 worshippers had been abducted but that 11 later escaped. A police spokesperson said security forces had been fully deployed to the area, and that search-and-rescue operations and patrols were under way. The BBC's Madina Maishanu gained access to one of the churches where worshippers were attending a