Na serious matter we get for hand o! Di bandits wey don cause wahala for our community don finally release di last set of worshippers wey dem abduct during di Sunday church attack for Kurmin Wali, Kaduna State. Na as armed men enter three churches come dey shoot anyhow, scatter worship service, and carry people enter bush like say na dem play.
No be small thing abeg! Reports say about 177 worshippers don dey kidnapped, but thank God say about 80 of dem manage escape and hide for neighboring villages. Na wetin di village head, Ishaku Dan’azumi, yarn about di release be dis. E talk say e get di news early Tuesday morning say di victims don return back to di government in Kaduna.
“I don hear say dem don release dem dis morning. Dey dey with di government now,” Ishaku talk, but e no fit give us more gist about wetin happen. We still dey wonder if any ransom or wetin wey di bandits demand like motorcycles come enter di matter before dem release di people but Ishaku no fit talk dat one well well.
Even di Chairman of di Christian Association of Nigeria for Kaduna, Rev. Ma’aji Caleb, come confirm di release too. E dey shout “Glory be to God, my people don come back! Na through prayer and di government effort dis one happen.” E talk say e no sabi about any ransom negotiation, but for am, wetin matter pass na say all di worshippers don regain dem freedom.
Na wah! One senior police officer too talk say worshippers don release on Wednesday night, but e no gree talk di exact number of people wey come out. Small small, we go hear more gist sha. One community person come talk on condition say make dem no show dia face because of security matter. E see empty buses and motorcycles enter bush area late Wednesday night, wey dem suspect na di motorcycles di bandits don ask for earlier. E no too clear about wetin carry di things go but na surely di bandits dey try collect wetin dem feel say na dem own.
As di attack land, security agencies don start search-and-rescue operations for dat area. Local leaders dey try find wetin happen to di people wey dem carry go and dey support di families wey suffer for di matter. Na so life be for Southern Kaduna, as banditry dey dey lead to so plenty attacks on churches and our people dey complain about security wey no dey enough.
Kajuru Local Government been dey hot spot for banditry since, as so many communities don dey experience kidnapping and serious trouble for di past years despite wetin military and police dey try do. Di gist wey dey come dey talk say di full details about di release still dey sketchy, but we dey hope say more news go land soon. Na wetin happen be say we dey try reach di Kaduna State Police PRO, DSP Mansir Hassan, but him no pick our call.
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