Gunmen have reportedly demanded N200 million as ransom for over 60 persons they abducted in some communities in Kajuru council of Kaduna State.
It was learnt that the bandits took away the hostages when they attacked Kasuwan-Magani communities as well as a church last week.
This was contained in a statement yesterday by the President of the Southern Kaduna People’s Union (SOKAPU), Awemi Dio Maisamari.
said in a statement yesterday that the terrorists told some persons in the communities on the phone that 40 abductees were in their custody, on whom they placed the ransom.
SOKAPU said security agencies and Government have not done anything to rescue the abductees or put security measures in place to forestall future occurrence.
Police spokesman Muhammad Jalige did not confirm the development and even queried SOKAPU’s source of information.
“What is their source that such thing happened?” he asked.
According to SOKAPU, ”There is still no breathing space for communities in Southern Kaduna. Terrorists, jihadists and armed herdsmen have continued to plunder and wreck communities there. The latest are the mass abductions that took place on the 12th and 13th of September, 2022 at Kasuwan Magani in Kajuru local government area of Southern Kaduna.
“With no measures put in place to forestall recurrence, the following day (13th September), the terrorists stormed the Cherubim and Seraphim Church during a night vigil programme at the Bayan Kasuwa Quarters of Kasuwan Magani town at around midnight. They succeeded in carting away more than sixty people from the church and neighbouring houses. However, they could not be able to take all of them away because some were very little children, too aged or had health challenges.”
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