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Bandits Abduct Chief Imam, Fulani Leader, Others In Fresh Attacks On Kaduna Communities

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly abducted the Chief Imam of the Janjala Central Mosque, Malam Bello Abdullahi, and the Fulani leader of the area, Alhaji Shehu Bello, alongside a woman, during coordinated attacks on several communities in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

According to reports, the armed attackers invaded multiple villages in the local government area, including Iddo, Gidan-Makeri, Kohoto and Janjala, where they abducted residents and rustled cattle, forcing many villagers to flee their homes in fear.

The latest abductions were disclosed on Saturday morning by a security source @DanKatsina50, in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

A community leader, quoted on condition of anonymity for security reasons, reportedly confirmed that the most recent attack occurred on Tuesday night at about 9pm.


“The bandits came in large numbers, heavily armed with AK-47 rifles,” the source said. “They first went straight to the house of the Chief Imam and took him away. From there, they moved to the house of the Fulani leader. That was when people started running for their lives.”

The source added that the attackers also abducted a woman during the raid, while several cattle were rustled.

Following the invasion, residents of affected communities, particularly Kohoto, abandoned their villages en masse, fleeing to Kagarko town and neighbouring Sabon-Wuse for safety.

“The panic was total. Once people heard that the Imam and the Fulani leader had been taken, everyone knew the situation had completely collapsed,” the community leader said.

“Many families slept in the bush that night before finding their way to Kagarko and Sabon-Wuse.”

The abductions reportedly came barely days after the bandits issued a seven-day ultimatum to the communities, demanding a ₦6 million ransom for the release of a woman and her four children who had been kidnapped earlier.

Community leaders said the deadline elapsed without any rescue operation or visible security intervention, after which the attackers returned with renewed violence.

“We made several distress calls to the police, the military and other security agencies, but there was no meaningful response,” one resident reportedly said. “Now they have taken our religious and community leaders. We are completely exposed.”

Residents described the situation in Kagarko LGA as dire, with villages deserted, farmlands abandoned and economic activities grounded as fear spreads across the area.

Kagarko Local Government Area, located along a strategic corridor linking southern Kaduna to Niger State, has witnessed repeated bandit attacks in recent years, including mass abductions, killings and cattle rustling, despite claims by authorities of improved security.

As of the time of filing this report, there has been no official statement from the Kaduna State Police Command or the state government on the latest abductions.

The incident has once again raised serious questions about the effectiveness of security operations in rural Kaduna, particularly in Kagarko, where residents say bandits operate with little resistance.

“With our leaders abducted, our villages emptied and our cries ignored, we don’t know who will protect us,” a displaced resident said. “If nothing is done urgently, more lives will be lost.”

Residents are now calling on the federal and Kaduna State governments to deploy security forces to the area immediately, secure the release of the abducted victims and prevent further attacks on already traumatised communities.

YoungLionken:
Another plan work , trying so hard to prove to the 🇺🇸 that it's both sides, but in reality, it's not! I'm sure by now the US and DT are already confused about what to believe regarding terrorism in Nigeria, and only a matter of time before they will hands up from the matter..

Who can bet that unlike the pastor that was kidnapped and killed (among several others), this so called "kidnapped chief imam" will be "released"...

SpaceX:
Its a false alarm to make its appear as if both side suffer from terrorism when the imam is the guy who taught them on how to hate the Jews and Christians right from when they were born.

Antoeni:
The Foolanis Terrorists Will Want to Settle Scores The west Should Be On Alert, As This Blood Sucking Demons Will Do Everything Within Their Power to Penetrate South West

InifinteXR:
The level of double standard on the forum is really appalling, if Christians are kidnapped/killed, it real, if it's Muslims, it's planned/arranged work. Yeah it has always has planned work since over a decade ago abi? Bunch of clowns

Can you you have sense of humanity for goodness sake

EkoIle1:
It is now abundantly clear that President Jonathan has finally bared his fangs confirming what was widely speculated. By declaring a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, he has intimidated and emasculated the governors of these States. We are witnessing a dangerous trend in the art of governance and a deliberate ploy to subvert constitutional democracy.

The body language of the Jonathan administration leads any keen watcher of events with unmistakable conclusion of the existence of a surreptitious but barely disguised intention to muzzle the elected governments of these states for what is clearly a display of unpardonable mediocrity and diabolic partisanship geared towards 2015.

Borno and Yobe states have been literally under armies of occupation with the attendant excruciating hardship experienced daily by the indigenes and residents of these areas. This government now wants to use the excuse of the security challenges faced by the Governors to remove them from the states considered hostile to the 2015 PDP/Jonathan project.

Let me be quick to say that this administration will be setting in motion a chain of events the end of which nobody can predict. Experience has shown clearly that actions, such as this one under consideration, often give root to radical ideologies and extremist tendencies, a direct opposite of the intended outcome of unwarranted and unintelligent meddlesomeness. The present scenario playing out in the country reminds one of the classical case of a mediocre craftsman who continually blames the tools of his trade for his serial failure but refuses to look at his pitiable state with a view to adjusting.

http://premiumtimesng.com/opinion/134435-jonathan-goes-for-broke-by-bola-ahmed-tinubu.html

BAILMONEY:
Both Christian and Muslims are being killed by these terrorist on a daily basis but human worshippers will still find a way to vent their angers and frustration on an innocent Muslims.


E go better

hotseat:
Both men said to have been "kidnapped" are their brothers-in-Islam.

So, no shaking!

They may have been "kidnapped" to prove a point that even Muslim leaders are not sparred.

One can only take this piece of news with a pinch of salt.

@hotseat

Maxymilliano:
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has explained why he delegated some members of the party to respond to questions posed to him.
According to the former Lagos Governor, he adopted the delegation method “to show team-ship”.

Tinubu spoke at the Chatham House lecture titled: ‘Nigeria’s 2023 elections: In conversation with Bola Ahmed Tinubu’, monitored by The Nation.

At the lecture, Tinubu after his opening remarks, assigned Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai to speak on how his (Tinubu-led) government would address insecurity and asked the Director of Strategic Communication of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Aleke, to respond to the question on oil theft.

https://thenationonlineng.net/why-i-delegated-el-rufai-ayade-others-to-answer-questions-at-chatham-house-tinubu/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1670262252