By; AMOS TAUNA, Kaduna
In another fresh attack in Southern Kaduna, two people have been said to have been killed and 18 kidnapped by terrorists, in Ungwan Dantata in the Gefe community of Kallah Ward, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
A source who confirmed the incident yesterday to New Nigerian, explained that the terrorists stormed the village on foot in the early hours of Monday at around 1am in large numbers.
He gave the names of victims killed as; Ezra Badama and Nagode Ibro, saying that those abducted are Nehemiah Sukuni, Rebecca Nehemiah, Sadam Gane, Alice Sadam, Jashu’a Sukuni, Rhoda Isaac, Isaac Dako, Patience Godwin, A’ishatu Ezra, Damaris Nathan, Justina Afis, Gabriela Nathan, Daniela Nehemiah, Jackson Sadam, Amame Ezra, Benedict Monday, Enoch Yohanna and Igwe Saleh.
According to him, “since November last year, terrorists have been constantly disturbing the people of the Gefe community and they cannot recount the monies spent as regards the payment of ransom.”
He observed that the community is in dire need of Government support in order to their major occupation which is farming, pointing out that with the rainy season fast approaching, most of them cannot access their farmlands for fear of being kidnapped.
“They’ve sold all that they harvested and some even sold their lands just to raise money for the ransom of their loved ones, they have no food and money to buy fertilizer. They need government intervention like; food and fertilizer to help cushion the effect of hunger in our community,” he observed.
He appealed to government to assist deploy security operatives in the area to help restore the confidence of the community, saying that some victims had earlier told them that they trek with terrorists passing different Villages and crossing major roads to their destination.
When contacted, the spokesman of Kaduna state police Command, Mansir Hassan could not respond to calls put to his phone.
