Bandits kill village head, abduct Islamic scholar, journalist’s wife, children in Kaduna.
The Village Head of Gefe village in Kallah Ward of Kufana Chiefdom, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, and one other local have been reported killed when bandits attacked their community on Thursday night.
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According to locals, bandits attacked the village about 11:30pm and abducted many women and children from the community.
Although the Police were yet to react, a community leader in the area, Markus Danja, told journalists that the bandits had shot a Village Head identified as Mr. Emmanuel Idan and another local.
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According to him: “They arrived and started shooting sporadically after surrounding the community. People, who were outside, ran for safety. Unfortunately, our Village Head was among those outside and was shot while trying to flee. The other person was chased into his room and shot dead before the attackers took away his wife. The bandits went house to house picking their victims.”
Markus said his brother’s wives and children were among those whisked away by hoodlums.
In another attack on Keke community of Millennium City, Chikun LGA, on Thursday night, a journalist’s wife and his two daughters were abducted.
A source told the victims, who were in Kaduna for holiday, were abducted with eight members of the same family.
In a terse statement on Friday, the journalist identified as Mohammed Bashir, who is a correspondent of a national daily in Kogi State, sought for prayers for the release of the victims.
According to him: “My dear colleagues, please, I need your prayers. My two daughters and their mother, along with eight others, were kidnapped yesterday by unknown gunmen in Kaduna, where they went for a holiday.Please pray for me.”
The Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Isma’il Gausi, was also reportedly abducted by bandits during an attack on Gausi’s residence in Zaria.
Learned throughout the encounter, the bandits shot sporadically before whisking Sheikh Gausi away in a truck Wednesday night.
“The noise of gunshots was too much. We saw the bandits forcefully taking away the Sheikh. We are so worried, and we call on the authorities to ensure the safe return of our loved ones,” said a local.
