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Terrorists Kill ECWA Church Reverend In Kaduna, Abduct Wife, Two Other Clerics, Demand N50million Ransom

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March 25, 2023

It was learnt that the clergy’s wife was also abducted while over 100 people who were abducted from different parts of the state were released.

A Reverend, Musa Mairimi, who is the minister in charge of Ecwa Church, Buda two, Kasuwa Magani in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State has been reportedly shot dead by gunmen suspected to be terrorists.

It was learnt that the clergy’s wife was also abducted while over 100 people who were abducted from different parts of the state were released.

The incident was confirmed by Kaduna State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Joseph Hayab, noting that the attackers invaded the community on Thursday after killing the clergy.

He explained that reports had it that over 100 people were abducted and had been in the terrorists’ camp for over six months, especially in Local Government Areas of Kauru, Jaba, Kachia, Kagarko and Kajuru.

According to him, just after the presidential election, three clergies were abducted and the terrorists were demanding the sum of N50 million as ransom from one of the clergies who was still in their custody.

“But the negotiation that started from N50 million has now come down to N5 million. That’s the kind of situation that we have found ourselves in Kaduna State.

“Who will you cry to and who will you run to, after all, since the carnage of kidnapping started in Kaduna, no concrete arrests have been made,” Hayab lamented.