Bandits have killed a groom and kidnapped his pregnant bride in Jere town, Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Reports say that four members of the family of a former commissioner of Poverty Alleviation in Kaduna State, Abdulrahman Ibrahim Jere were also abducted.
Daily Trust reports that the bandits numbering over 50 invaded Jere, a community along the dreaded Abuja-Kaduna highway, on motorcycles.
Another reports said that the terrorists invaded every house in the area, but residents claimed that the house of the former commissioner, Abdulrahman Ibrahim Jere who was out of town at the time was the target.
However, the gunmen kidnapped his wife, a baby girl, his younger sister and his wife’s sister.
A resident of the community, Hassan Adamu Jere, revealed that the terrorists attacked the home of the newly wedded couple and attempted to abduct the bride but the groom resisted.
According to Jere, the groom was killed while trying to rescue his wife.
The eyewitness said youths in the community were disappointed that despite the combined security presence of soldiers, a divisional police office and area command, and security agents they failed to tackle the bandits who operated for over three hours.
He said, “We made several calls to the various security agencies on the ground and they all ignored us. This is the second major attack on our community in the last three months and we feel that the security agents stationed here are of no use to us.”
Ibrahim Salisu, another resident, said the community would lodge a formal protest against security agents in Jere, adding that their action portrays them as people who “are either colluding with the bandits or people who do not care about the security of the people.”
Hours after the bandits had escaped, security agents made efforts to trail them and later informed the community that they had successfully killed two of the bandits.
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