- Armed bandits continue to wreak havoc in northern Nigeria with daily kidnappings and killings
- A priest of the Catholic Diocese of Minna, Nigeria has been killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits in Niger state
- His colleague, Rev. Fr. Ugochukwu Ugwoke, made the sad announcement on Saturday, January 16 via twitter
Rev. Fr. John Gbakaan, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Minna, Nigeria has been killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits.
The priest was reportedly killed after he was abducted by the bandits in the north-central state. Another Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Ugochukwu Ugwoke, made the announcement on Saturday, January 16 via Twitter.
On Twitter, many Nigerians have been sharing their thoughts on the killing and the activities of bandits in northern Nigeria
The incident comes days after armed bandits killed four people in Katarma village, Chikun local government area of Kaduna.
The incident was disclosed in a statement seen by Legit.ng on Thursday, January 7 issued by Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna state commissioner for internal security and home affairs.
Recall that no fewer than 19 people were killed in a two-day attack by bandits in the state recently.
Also, two married women were among an unspecified number of the villagers said to have been kidnapped by the bandits during the coordinated attacks, while nine persons sustained bullet injuries.
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