The police Katsina State has released the personal details of five women kidnapped by terrorists in Katsina Sunday morning.
PREMIUM TIMES reports that the woman was abducted in Mai Tsauni, Gidan Haruna in Kankara Local Government while on her way to church.
According to the command’s spokesperson, Gambo Isa, they attacked the community with AK 47 rifles and started shooting sporadically.
Mr. Isa said the terrorist who wounded the pastor of the church, New Life for All, was identified only as Haruna.
He said the pastor was being treated at a medical facility in Kankara town.
The kidnapped victims are (1) Rabi Isyaku, F, aged 15 years, (2) Rabi Saidu, F, aged 36 years, (3) Rabi Babba, F, aged 49 years, (4) Saratu Hadi, aged 27 years, and (5) ) ) Nusaiba Shuaibu, aged 13 years, all of Maitsauni village, Kankara LGA of Katsina state,” he said.
Mr. Isa added that Divisional Police Officers in Kankara were alert but the terrorists had escaped with the victims when the police reached the community.
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“DPO Kankara led a Police team to the village, but before they arrived, the terrorists had escaped with the victims. The injured pastor was evacuated to the General Hospital, Kankara for treatment.
“Efforts are being made with the aim of arresting the hoodlums, please,” Mr. Isa added.
Katsina, like many states in the north-west and parts of the North-central region, has witnessed a series of terrorist attacks that have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and the displacement of millions of others.
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