By Ken Chiwendu
The District Head of Garu Karama ,Yakubu Jadi and five other members of the Gurzan Karama community in Kauru Local Government area of Kaduna State have been abducted.
According to a statement issued by the Spokesman of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union ( SOKAPU) ,Josiah Yusuf said the incident happened on Friday night.
He gave the names of the other five abducted members as Iliya Yakubu, Nehemiah Tanko, Thomas Tanko,Yakubu Ladi’s daughter and the Catholic Catechist of the community.
The Organisation called on ” security agencies and relevant authorities to put in their very best of endeavour to ensure the quick and safe release of the district head,Mr Yakubu Ladi and those five others
While also calling on the government to do more in protection of lives and properties, the Forum urged communities to be more vigilant and report strange faces and suspicious movements to appropriate authorities
Communities in Southern Kaduna have since the 2010s to the present reportedly being the target of land grabbers and religious extremists posing as bandits.
The bandits abduct and kill villagers at will.
In February,2024, Bandits kill six and abduct several others in Kauru Local Government Area of the state.
In March, about 61 indigenes were abducted by bandits in Buda community in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state.
In May, Bandits abducted unspecified number of traders travelling along the Kaduna/ Birnin Gwari Road.