Suspected armed Fulani herdsmen invaded three communities, Jantsauni, Mai Doki, and Maiyamma, suburban areas of Yarkasuwa in Kurama Chiefdom, Lere Local Government Area, on Tuesday night, killing four people.
The bandits also abducted ECWA Pastor, Rev. Istifanus Dunga, and 11 others.
Confirming the incident, National Publicity Secretary of the Federated Kurama Association, Mr. Pius Agaji Kyauta, explained that the attack occurred around 10 p.m., when the gunmen stormed the communities and fired sporadically, resulting in the killing of four people and the abduction of several others.
According to Kyauta, there is an urgent need for security intervention, as the communities have been ravaged beyond imagination.
A resident claimed that his father was kidnapped without clothes, along with his younger sister, adding that the attackers in their hundreds, surrounded every targeted house.
He said, “You dare not go out to run; they will just shoot you. And if you remain indoors, they will enter and take you away.”
He confirmed that the four people killed were youths between the ages of 27 and 30, stressing that, at the moment, no ransom demands have been made by the kidnappers.
He explained that the entire community is left in deep mourning, describing the attack as an evil that has befallen the Kurama nation and requires both security and spiritual intervention.
