Chai! My people, this gist fit make person shout. Akurmi community for Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State don dey face wahala as bandits dey carry people anyhow. Na serious matter wey don dey happen since October 2025, as about 59 people still dey hold for their hands.
Na so them tell us say more than 12 villagers don kpai while plenty others don waka go missing for coordinated attacks. The wahala don force many people comot from dem houses and farmlands, na only heaven know wetin dem dey pass through.
We get one serious press conference wey dem hold for Kaduna, wey Yakubu Maigamo, wey be di President of Akurmi Development Association, come yarn the matter. Dem no dey fear to talk say di security situation don turn to serious matter wey fit take dem life next.
“Abeg, wetin we don do? Are we still part of Nigeria? Or dem don turn Akurmi people life to something wey no mean anything?” Na wetin Maigamo ask as him dey talk to journalists. E no dey sweet for mouth, as e don dey see ancestral farmlands wey be ~graveyards and forests of fear~ because of bandit attacks.
Dem say gunmen dey enter village anyhow, dey kill men, dey carry women and children without any resistance. Na serious systematic issue wey dey affect several communities, from Karku-Ningi to Gidan-Waya, Jan-Tsauni and many more. E even mention say for November 2025, another four people kpai and 13 don dey collect ransom.
As di matter dey hot, families dey sell everything dem get just to raise money for ransom to bring back their loved ones. Maigamo no go keep quiet, e don dey shout say di government dey try, but na still not enough to stop di insecurity wey dey happen.
“We need government to send plenty security personnel come our side, make dem no just dey talk, but also dey take action!” Na wetin e dey shout. E also call on di Governor Uba Sani make e fit help them by deploying security wey go fit protect dem from di wahala.
Meanwhile, na another matter don happen for Birnin Gwari wey dey raise eyebrow, as dem don kpai one former councillor, Auwal Magaji Kwaga, along Birnin Gwari-Kwaga road. Dis one don make di community feel serious tremor, as dem fit join matter wey dey happen everywhere for di area.
Di Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressives Union talk say dem don collect evidence wey show say 173 farmers don suffer farmlands destruction for di 2025 farming season. E no be small matter, over 182 hectares don spoil, and di losses don reach millions of naira!
Wetin police talk? Di Kaduna State Police Command still dey respond to di matter, but no word don come from dem. Na only di report bridge wey we dey expect from dem. Dem say some worshippers wey escape from anoda bandit attack don return home carry tale of survival, but can we really say we dey safe?
This matter don dey vex many people, and Akurmi community still dey shout, dem need help before it go red again. Dem dey beg civil society organizations and humanitarian groups make dem hear dia cry and no allow more lives to perish.
“Di blood of di slain dey call for justice” Na wetin Maigamo talk wey show say dem no go fit keep quiet again. Na time to act, if dem no answer, blood go still dey flow, and more people go dey displaced. Make you shine your eye for dis matter, my people!
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