Birnin Gwari has been a hotbed of terrorist assaults and kidnappings.
A retired school principal whose name is yet-to-be-ascertained has been abducted by terrorists when he volunteered to deliver ransom money demanded by the terrorists to secure the release of some people earlier kidnapped in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
A former federal lawmaker from the state and social activist, Shehu Sani made this known on Tuesday via X platform (formerly Twitter), adding that the retired principal had also spent three days in terrorists’ den.
He wrote: “A retired School principal who volunteered to deliver ransom to kidnappers in order to secure the release of a victim has also been held by the kidnappers in Birnin Gwari LGA, Kaduna State. He’s been in captivity for 3 days now; the abductors made calls to his family for his ransom.”
Birnin Gwari has been a hotbed of terrorist assaults and kidnappings.
In September 2023, for example, the people of Birnin-Gwari raised the alarm that for the preceding nine days, bandits and other criminal elements who renewed their offensive on the Kaduna-Birnin-Gwari highway, where they had kidnapped over 44 persons.
They said the ugly situation had forced drivers and commuters plying the highway to change to other routes, for fear of their lives.
SaharaReporters also reported the Ansaru terrorists reportedly took over Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. They also reportedly banned political activities in the area.
Suspected terrorists also killed a warrant officer in the Nigerian Army identified as Muhammad Dalhatu in November 2022.
Dalhatu was killed by the gunmen along Birnin-Gwari/Kontangora Road in Kaduna State.