About three Christian worshipers have been killed in a series of attacks by daredevil bandits in Bakinpah-Maro, a community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Some 31 persons, including a Pastor Bernard Gajera of the ECWA Church, were kidnapped by the bandits.
The incident occurred on Sunday during church service.
A former Chairman of Kajuru LGA, Cafra Caino, confirmed the unfortunate incident.
Caino said the bandits who arrived around 10am in large numbers, shot sporadically targeting the two churches in the community.
Meanwhile, a 25-year-old lady, Mercy Ishaya, has regained freedom after exposing the kidnappers who abducted her from the New Bwari community in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State.
According to Daily Trust, the victim was abducted on August 28, 2024, while her father, Godiya Ishaya, a businessman, was hit and left in the pool of his blood.
However, luck came the way of the victim when soldiers intercepted a Toyota Sienna conveying the bandits who were fleeing a security offensive in Dogon-Daji Forest in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
A family member of the victim told the publication that upon stopping the bus, the girl immediately spoke out, telling the soldiers that she was abducted by the suspects and gave her father’s phone number to the soldiers.
He said the girl was taken to the hospital before reuniting with her family while the suspects were taken to a military barracks in Kaduna.
The commander of vigilantes in Tafa LGA, Abubakar Hussaini, confirmed the incident to the publication.
