For more than a decade, civilians in Nigeria have faced multiple security threats and risk of atrocities as result of attacks, kidnappings and extortion by various non-state armed groups
Olayomi Koiki
Terrorists – locally dubbed as bandits in Nigeria reportedly killed one person and abducted eight others after invading Kwassam community in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna.
One Doctor Ishaya was the slain person, according to local news outlet, Vanguard.
A source said that the assailants attacked the community in the early hours of Monday.
The Kaduna State Police Command could not be reached for comments.
“The bandits also went away with an uncertain amount of people’s property. Those abducted were Mr Dan’iya Barau, Mrs Bitrust Dan’iya, Mrs Esther Magada, Mr Buba Mu’azu Tanko, Mr Philip, Mr Joshua Cyrus, Miss Bege Ezekial and Mr Joffrey Ezekiel, but he was able to escape and return home. The community is now calm and people have continued to pursue their means of livelihood,” Vanguard News quoted the source as saying.
– Insecurity and violence in Nigeria –
For more than a decade, civilians in Nigeria have faced multiple security threats and risk of atrocities as result of attacks, kidnappings and extortion by various non-state armed groups.
Since the start of 2024 civilians have faced intensified violence across Nigeria, and near-daily attacks by armed groups resulting in kidnappings and other abuses against civilians.
Armed groups and gangs, including so-called “bandits,” have – for many years – perpetrated widespread atrocities, including murder, rape, kidnapping, organized cattle-rustling and plunder. Armed herdsmen are also destroying vast swaths of farmland, prompting many farmers to abandon their land out of fear of attack.