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Insecurity: Kaduna Residents Seek Urgent Measures Over Rising Terror Attacks
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Residents of Ungwan Ate in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Wednesday, organized a protest in response to the ongoing attacks and kidnappings that have affected their community and surrounding villages.
The demonstrators, numbering in the hundreds, effectively blocked the Ungwan Ate–Ungwan Mission road along the Kaduna-Kachia highway, urging both the federal and Kaduna state governments, as well as security agencies, to take immediate measures to safeguard their lives and property.
The protesters voiced their discontent regarding the escalating violence in their area, with many likening their homes to war zones due to the persistent threats.
One participant, Mathew Yakubu, informed reporters that gunmen had assaulted Ungwan Ate on Tuesday night, instilling fear in the community for over two hours and resulting in the abduction of one individual.
“We are not safe anymore,” Yakubu said. “These bandits strike at will, and we’ve been left to fend for ourselves. The government and security forces must act quickly before more lives are lost.”
Carrying placards with messages such as “The Kaduna government says it has made peace with the bandits, but we are being killed every day in Kachia” and “We cannot go to farms, as the majority of us depend on farming,” the protesters voiced their anger and desperation. Other signs read, “Uncountable souls are in the bush suffering for offenses they know nothing about” and “We can no longer sleep with our eyes closed. Who is killing us?”
The protest comes amid a dramatic surge in kidnappings and violence across Kachia Local Government Area, with neighboring communities like Gadanji, Ungwan Wage, Ungwan Alhaji, Agunu Dutse, Maro, and Ungwan Dauje also enduring frequent terrorist attacks. The residents are pleading for government intervention before the situation worsens further.
The spokesperson of the Delta State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, was left stunned after two suspected drug dealers requested to take a photograph with him shortly after they were arrested and interrogated.
The suspects, identified as Omini Ezeri, 46, and Chinedum Wagbara, 42, were apprehended during a stop-and-search operation while travelling in a Mercedes-Benz ML SUV with registration number AAA 604 JZ along the Agbarho-Warri Road.
A search of the vehicle and its occupants led to the recovery of two Beretta pistols, a substance suspected to be cocaine, and a dagger. The suspects are currently in police custody, while investigations continue.
As part of the investigation, Edafe interrogated the suspects. Shortly after the interview, the duo surprised the police spokesperson by asking to take a photograph with him.
In a follow-up post shared on social media, Edafe said he had never encountered such behaviour before, explaining that the suspects appeared to become excited once they realised he intended to interview them.
He added that despite being arrested with cocaine and two pistols, which they claimed were used for their drug business, they still requested to take a picture with him after the interrogation.
The Catholic Diocese of Otukpo in Benue State has confirmed the safe return of its seminarian, Kelvin Ochai, who was abducted by gunmen at Asa III in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese, Very Rev. Fr. Joseph Itodo, on Saturday.
Itodo attributed the seminarian’s safe return to divine intervention and the prayers of Christians and well-wishers.
According to the diocese, the seminarian escaped from the custody of his abductors and made his way to Aliade in Gwer East Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State, where he was reunited with his family unharmed.
“Through the prayers of the people of God, Kelvin escaped from the custody of his abductors on the evening of Friday, 31st July, 2026, and made his way to Aliade, Gwer East LGA of Benue State. He has since been safely reunited with his family and is unharmed,” the statement read in part.
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Otukpo, Most Rev. Michael Ekwoyi Apochi, expressed profound gratitude to priests, religious, lay faithful, and people of goodwill for their unwavering support and prayers during the period of the seminarian’s captivity.
The headquarters of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN, located in Abuja has been gutted by fire.
The fire was said to have started from the fourth floor of the building.
Speaking to DAILY POST, a personnel of Zenith Bank domiciled in the Mortgage Bank building, Anthony Ameh, said the fire is so intense.
According to him, operatives of the Federal Fire Service, who came to contain the fire have not been able to arrest the situation.
“The fire is so intense. About four trucks of Fire Service are here but they are unable to quench it,” he said.
At the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire incident cannot be ascertained.
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