Bandits Attack Kaduna Mosque During Evening Prayer, Abduct 14 Worshippers

About 14 worshippers were abducted when bandits disrupted the religious service at a mosque in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Bandits Attack Kaduna Mosque

It was gathered that the worshippers were conducting their evening prayer (Ishai prayer), on Thursday when the armed gang attacked the mosque.

Speaking with Daily Trust, a resident said: “They surrounded the mosque and abducted 14 people. They also carted away an unspecified number of cattle from Tudun Amada village in, still in Giwa.”

Another resident said, “The gunmen divided themselves, while some where operating at the mosque, others moved from house to house thereby abducting more than ten women.

“Some of them were however busy carting away domestic animals such as cows, sheep and goat numbering hundreds.”

It was gathered that as of Friday evening, four people had regained freedom.

KanyiDaily had also reported how over 40 muslim worshippers were abducted by suspected bandits during an attack at a Mosque in Kwata, Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State.