A medical doctor, identified as Dr. Zakariah Dogo Yaro, has been reportedly killed when bandits allegedly attacked a Haske Baptist Church in Manini Tasha village, Kuriga Ward in Chukun local government area of Kaduna State on Sunday morning.
An unspecified number of worshippers were abducted by the attackers, Leadership Newspaper reported quoting an eyewitness Yakubu Bala.
Bala said the heavily armed bandits stormed the church around 9am while the Sunday service was going on. He added that no sooner had the bandits surrounded the church that they began to shoot sporadically at the worshipers who scampered for safety in different directions.
“Dr. Zakariah Dogo Yaro, a medical Doctor with the Kaduna State Ministry of Health was shot dead and unspecified number of people kidnapped while so many worshipers sustained varying degrees of injuries, the witness said. “As I’m talking to you now, we have not seen some of our villagers who ran into the bushes while the shootings were going on.”
On April 20, an unknown number of students were kidnapped from Greenfield University, a private institution in Chukun LGA. A security guard was also shot in the attack.
Although there is no official confirmation yet, about 40 students are said to be missing from the private university.
Three of the students were found dead days after their abduction.
On April 22, two nurses were kidnapped from Idon Hospital in Kajuru LGA of the state after an attack by gunmen.
The armed men were said to have gained access to the hospital through the fence, opened fire before abducting the nurses who worked the night shift.
