Southern Kaduna Peoples Union has alleged that 65 Adara villagers in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state were abducted by gunmen on Tuesday.

The union said among those abducted were the Village Head of Libere, Bala Yero, his wives, and 16 others.

SOKAPU spokesman, Luka Binniyat, in a statement on Friday, said bandits invaded the village at about 11 pm on Tuesday and shot indiscriminately, kidnapping victims.

Binniyat, however, said that 10 of the victims were able to escape the following day.

The statement read, “For reasons not clear to SOKAPU, Kaduna State government did not include in its daily security update the abduction of 65 Adara villagers from Libere Gari Village, Kallah ward, Kajuru Local Government Area in the southern part of Kaduna State on Tuesday night by persons identified by the villagers as armed Fulani militia.

“The gunmen, who arrived at the village around 11 pm, went about shooting in the air to scare villagers as they captured their victims from compound to compound. They spent two hours unchallenged. The kidnappers have yet to make contact with family members as of Friday.”

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