Residents of the area told PREMIUM TIMES that the gunmen on Monday afternoon released seven captives.
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A family member of one of the kidnapped persons, Mohammed Aliyu, informed PREMIUM TIMES that the kidnappers did not give the feed captives any reason for the release. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the terrorists laid siege to Kajuru Local Government Area with repeated incidents of abductions. Before the Sunday incident, several residents were abducted at Dogon-Noma, in the same Kajuru LGA.A resident of the community, Aminu Kajuru, who holds a traditional title in the emirate, lamented that the area is now under siege.Kaduna State, hosting a high number of Nigeria’s security formations, is frequently under attack by various armed groups locally called bandits.
The phone number of the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, did not connect Thursday afternoon when PREMIUM TIMES tried to have him comment on the latest development.
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