A group of as-yet unidentified gunmen ambushed a convoy in Nigeria’s southern state of Edo on Friday, killing eight security officers and kidnapping five Chinese nationals who worked for a local cement company. Meanwhile, the notorious Islamist terrorist gang Boko Haram went on a rampage in northeastern Nigeria, slaughtering dozens of civilians in a methodical door-to-door village massacre.

The Edo convoy was managed by a government-sanctioned paramilitary organization called the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC). The NSCDC is often assigned to provide security for infrastructure and construction projects. Many of those…

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