Residents of Kakau and other parts Chikun Local Council in Kaduna State have fled their homes to safer places in Kaduna metropolis due to attack by bandits. The Senior Pastor of Salvation Baptist Church, Kaduna, Rev. Solomon Tafida, yesterday, conducted journalists round the temporary shelter for kidnap victims in Ungwar Yelwa, Kaduna. Most of the traumatised victims said the criminals had over 4,000 hostages in different camps in forests along Kaduna–Abuja highway, near Rijana village. Ten of the 39 abducted students had already been released by the abductors in two batches of five each last month.

Source: The Guardian April 30, 2021 04:07 UTC