- Usman Stingo, lawmaker representing Kajuru at the Kaduna house of assembly, confirmed the incident on Sunday
Gunmen suspected to be bandits terrorising Kaduna state have struck again.
The bandits attacked Dogon Noma community, Kajuru LGA of the north west state and kidnapped 14 persons.
One person was also injured during the Saturday morning attack.
Usman Stingo, lawmaker representing Kajuru at the Kaduna house of assembly, confirmed the incident on Sunday.
He disclosed that the community has been under incessant attacks by bandits since 2019.
“The bandits invaded the community on Saturday at about 5:45am and kidnapped 14 people while one person was seriously injured,” the legislator said.
“The attacks on our community have been persistent since 2019 and there seemed to be no end.”
The lawmaker said the government has not shown the the required efforts and political will to end gunmen attacks and abductions of villagers.
“If the government has the political will to end it, soldiers will clear the bandits from their hideouts in the bushes within a few days,” he said.
“In 2019, the bandits killed 71 people in just one day. In 2022, they abducted 28 people in the community after killing 32 people in one day. We had to pay the ransom with difficulties.”
The north-west state has been the hotbed violent attacks, frequent kidnappings and wanton killings by gunmen in recent times.
Last Monday, bandits abducted about 61 persons in Buda community under Kajuru LGA of Kaduna state.
On March 7, over 200 students and pupils were kidnapped after bandits attacked Government Secondary School Kuriga, Chikun LGA of the state.
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