ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – One person has been killed and 23 other residents abducted, by bandits in Dogon-Daji community, along the Abuja-Kaduna near Kagarko town in Kaduna State.
A resident, Shuaibu Danmalam, disclosed this, saying that the bandits in their large numbers on Wednesday around 12pm moved from house to house amid sporadic shooting and abducted men and women. Unfortunately, one person who attempted to escape was shot dead.
The Madaki of Janjala, Malam Samaila Babangida, confirmed the latest abduction to Daily Trust through telephone on Thursday.
He said: “The bandits first attacked Kubau village near Jere town and abducted some people before they proceeded to Dogon-Daji and abducted some villagers after killing one person.”
Babangida said that eight villagers that comprised three children, two women and three men that were abducted on 7 February, 2023, at Gidan-Makeri, a neighbouring village, had regained their freedom after some money and two motorcycles were presented to the bandits on Sunday.
There was no response from the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command on the developments.