At least twenty five persons have been abducted during an attack on New Life for All Church in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State on Sunday.
The bandits attacked the church in Jan-Tsauni, Gidan Haruna at about 10 am, local authorities disclosed.
The Senior Special Assistant on Christian Affairs to Governor Aminu Bello Masari, Rev. Ishaya Jurau, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen.
“They abducted over 25 worshippers and left the church pastor with various degrees of injuries while they were conducting service this morning,” he said.
Details of the incident are still sketchy.