Terrorists have shot dead two ladies among the 14 victims abducted from Janjala community in Kagarko local government area of Kaduna State, on March, 1, 2026.
According to a report published on Sunday, a vigilante member and his wife alongside 12 others were abducted from the community. The terrorists had demanded ₦14 million as ransom.
The families had pleaded with the bandits repeatedly but they stood their ground.They later struggled to raise ₦13 million which they took to the kidnappers who in turn freed other women in captivity but held back the men.
A source from the area was quoted as disclosing that after collecting the ransom at a location around Hayin Dam forest in neighboring Kachia local government area of state, on Saturday, the terrorists informed the families that they had killed the two ladies.
According to him, the two young girls had resisted alleged attempts by some of the bandits to rape them. “As the girls refused to allow the bandits rape them, their leader ordered them to be shot on the spot”, the source said.
The source, according to reports, added that the bandits said they would only release the male victims when the remaining balance of ₦1 million is paid and foodstuffs are provided to them.
A security source also confirmed the killing of two women, but did not give details of the incident. The source said: “In fact, it was this afternoon one of the family members of the abducted victims called to inform us that two girls among the victims had been killed”.
The spokesperson of the Kaduna State Police Command, DSP Hassan Mansur, did not pick calls or reply to text messages sent to him over the development.
