Tension As Bandits K!ll 4, Including NYSC Member, Abduct Many In Southern Kaduna

Between Tuesday and Thursday, bandits k!lled four residents in Southern Kaduna, Kaduna State.

Reports indicate that numerous other k!llings, kidnappings, and attacks are ongoing in the region, though many remain underreported, due to political interference and restrictions imposed on journalists.

Sebastian Yakubu, a local in Kachia town, confirmed the latest attacks.

He stated that bandits ambushed a vehicle carrying passengers from Awon village to Kachia town headquarters on Thursday evening.

According to him, the bandits ambushed a commercial vehicle, k!lling the driver, Ibrahim Makama, and one Jonathan Jeremiah, who had just finished his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme.

"They kidnapped some of the passengers in other vehicles while others escaped by sheer luck," he said.

"On Tuesday, they k!lled one of our community farmers in the same Awon village and one other local from the Ankwa area, whom they kidnapped and demanded ransom, yet they k!lled him afterward."

"As we speak, there's one retired security officer who is still with them after being kidnapped in the area over two months ago, yet our people are not talking, and radio and newspaper journalists are paid to be quiet," he added.