…Say’s N300m ransom paid
..Say’s “bandits pushing us from our village”, beg Gov Sani for security
By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna
In a most horrifying experience, over 50 villagers have been reportedly killed and over 1000 kidnapped in Kauru Local Government area of kaduna State by suspected bandits.’, including pastors.
Additionally, N300 million have been allegedly paid as ransom in securing the release of the abducted survivors between October and December 2025/26,
according to Rev. Musa Hassan Shadari, while briefing newsmen on Saturday in kaduna.
According to Rev. Musa Shadari, the ransom monies were sourced from victim’s relatives and sale of reserved food items, farmlands amongst others.
Rev. Shadari who led a large number of villagers on a protest visit to Kaduna metropolis told Journalists that about 17 of the abductees are still in the kidnappers captivity, and their families are in contact with them.
The villagers who storms the office premises of a Human Rights Activist, inside kaduna town in their numbers, also said a total of 39 villages were affected in the attacks, killings and kidnapping since October, November and December 2025/26.
He explained that the villagers came from Kauru-west area of Kauru Local Government and are comprised of Muslims, Christians, Hausa and Fulani, respectful to appealed to Governor Uba Sani led administration to give them soldiers to secure there area.
“My name is Rev. Musa Hassan Shadari. We come from Kauru local government, the western Kauru.
We are here to deliver our request to our governor to help us especially in the issue of security.
“We are here with our Muslims, colleagues and Christians, Hausa and Fulani. We are here to beg the government to give us soldiers to secure our places because of the issue of kidnappers.
“We are facing a lot of challenges from the kidnappers they are chasing us away from our homes, our communities in kauru”, he lamented.
According to the leader, the security were informed but only come and go, and did not stay at the time of attacked by the bandits on these communities and villages.
On why it has taken so long to cry out, the leader said they were actually ignorant of where to go and what to do u till now when some good Samaritan came to their rescue to seek media briefing to beg for government intervention.
Findings revealed that, political leaders, like Senators and lawmakers, both federal and state Assembly, from the area are silence and are unknown to most of the villagers, according to those who spoke to journalists.
Rev. Shakari also told Journalists that while some of the large number of those killed by the bandits were buried some were not, adding “Some of them we did not bury them, some of them we bury them”.
Names of some of those killed by the bandits made available to newsmen are Yahaya Rambasaya, Peter Mayari, Pastor Mahemiya Wakili, Nuni ga Barnabas, Muntari Tela, Umaru Ibrahim, Usaini Amadu, Anthony Joseph, Bala Jume, Ishaya Malam, Isah Audu, Simón Sa’idu, Pastor Ecwa Ungwan Pastor, Rashidu Mumuni, Ali Alwaro, Karami Isiya, to mention but few.
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Villagers lead Rev. Shadari over killing and kidnapping of bandits in kauru LG of kaduna state council 
