Suspected Fulani armed men attacked three communities Jantsauni, Mai Doki, and Maiyamma in yarkasuwa, Kurama Chiefdom, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing four people and abducting ECWA Pastor Istifanus Dunga along with 11 others, Peak Newspaper reports.
According to the reports Federated Kurama Association’s National Publicity Secretary, Pius Agaji Kyauta, confirmed the incident, saying it occurred around 10 p.m., with attackers firing sporadically and overwhelming residents.
A witness reported that hundreds of gunmen surrounded houses, abducting people, sometimes without clothes. “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 said.
The victims killed were youths aged 27 to 30, and no ransom demands have been made Kyauta described the attack as a devastating blow to the Kurama nation, urging urgent security and spiritual intervention.
