Terrorists, in the early hours of Saturday, launched a fresh attack on the Dogon-noma community, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, and abducted 15 women and a man.
The attack came barely three days after one person was killed, and eight women were kidnapped in the Banono Angwaku community of the same local government council.
A resident of the area, Mr Istifanus Ma’aji, confirmed the figure to newsmen.
The former chairman of the council, Cafra Caino, had earlier confirmed the fresh attack.
Istifanus could only confirm that 15 women and a man were kidnapped.
He said, “We cannot authoritatively confirm the total figure, because most of the villagers ran for their lives when the attackers struck.
“We can only confirm the figure when we can access the village.”According to him, the attackers invaded the village around 5.30am in large numbers and shot indiscriminately.
Caino said, “We have yet to get the number of casualties because the locals ran for their lives when the assailants invaded the community.
“The community had some time in 2019 come under heavy attack, leading to the loss of 74 persons; the community has recently been experiencing attacks.”
The Kajuru and Chikun local government areas had in recent weeks become the hotbed of attacks and kidnapping, causing tension in the state.
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, did not take his calls and had yet to respond to text messages sent to him on the attack as of the time of filing this report.