By our reporter| Bandits on Tuesday killed not less than eight people while four others were injured in separate attacks in Chikun, Giwa, and Kajuru local government areas of Kaduna State.
The state commissioner for internal security and home affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday, said armed bandits shot at the vehicle at Kan Hawa Zankoro, near Ungwan Yako in Chikun Local Government Area, which forced the vehicle to somersault, leading to the deaths of six persons, and leaving four others injured.
In another incident, armed bandits attacked locals at Iburu village in Kajuru LGA, and killed one person.
Furthermore, armed bandits invaded Hayin Kanwa village of Fatika district in Giwa Local Government Area, and shot one Alhaji Sule, a businessman in the area to death, after he resisted their attempts to kidnap him.
Kaduna has been experiencing series of attacks by gunmen suspected to be bandits recently.
Bandits numbering about ten were on Tuesday intercepted at Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road where they were attempting to kidnap travellers.
According to the state police spokesman, Mohammed Jalige said the bandits were arrested by the police during their attempt to kidnap five occupants of a Volkswagen Golf vehicle heading towards Birnin Gwari from Kaduna.
Jalige said on receiving the report, the patrol team attached to Buruku Division immediately swung into action, engaged the bandits in a fierce gun duel, and successfully repelled the bandits who scampered into the forest with various degrees of bullet wounds and rescued all the occupants of the vehicle safely.
Also on Tuesday, gunmen abducted a Catholic priest in Kaduna State, with the Archbishop of the Archdiocese, Matthew Ndagoso, asking the security agencies to urgently facilitate the immediate rescue of the kidnapped Catholic Priest, Reverend Father Anthony Dawa.
They also took away the wife and son of the Catechist of the parish and one other person during the operation.
The incidents followed the abduction over the weekend of eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Kachia local government of the state.
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