Terrorists on Sunday night kidnapped 87 people after launching a fresh attack on the Kajuru-Station community in Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State.
A member of the Kajuru-Station Youths, Harisu Dari, who confirmed the incident to The PUNCH on Monday in Kaduna, said the terrorists also broke into some shops and stole food items and other valuables.
He said they invaded the village around 10 pm.
The attack came barely two days after 15 women and a man were abducted in the Dogon-Noma community of the same local government.
In the past two weeks, Kajuru and Chikun LGAs had become the hotbed of kidnapping, causing tension in the state.
Harisu explained that no contact has been established yet with the 87 locals abducted on Sunday night.
“As of the time I visited the community this morning, security operatives have not been drafted to help restore the confidence of the villagers.
“The villagers are traumatic with the sad development. The government needs to re-strategise in tackling these terrorists”, he said.
In the last two weeks, terrorists had kidnapped over 172 villagers.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent Mansir Hassan did not respond to calls or a text message sent to him by The PUNCH correspondent as of the time of filing this report.
