No fewer than 11 people have been reportedly killed by suspected terrorists in Rafin Sarki community in the Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. This was announced by a former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, via Twitter on Friday, expressing his condolences to the bereaved families. "The massacre of eleven people in Rafin Sarki community in Giwa LG, Kaduna State, by terrorists is tragic and condolences to their families," he tweeted on Friday evening.
Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has expressed serious concern on the frequency of kidnap incidents in the South-West region especially on the
Armed men, belonging to Nigeria s main Islamic jihadist groups, have been kidnapping and sometimes killing Catholic priests, while also terrorizing other Christians
Suspected terrorists have reportedly kidnapped a Catholic priest, identified as Father Kunat and eight others, in separate attacks in Idon, Kajuru Local Government Area and Oil Village, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis, located near the Kaduna State refinery. It was learnt that the terrorists, numbering about 15, invaded the priest’s residence in Idon at midnight on Monday and abducted him. Also, the attack on Oil Village allegedly occurred at about 7:45pm on Monday night, too.