Terrorist have reportedly shot death Reverend Musa Mairimi, the minister in charge of ECWA Church, Buda II, Kasuwa Magani in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The Kaduna State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Reverend Joseph Hayab confirmed the incident to Sunday PUNCH on Saturday.
He said the attackers invaded the community on Thursday after killing the clergy.
According to him, the terrorists also abducted Mairimi’s wife, while over 100 people who were abducted from different parts of the state were released.
He explained that reports had it that over 100 abducted people, who had been in the terrorists’ camp for over six months, especially in Kauru, Jaba, Kachia, Kagarko and Kajuru local government areas, were released.
He disclosed that after the presidential election, three clerics were abducted and the terrorists were demanding the sum of N50m as ransom for one of the clerics who had been in their custody.
“But the negotiation that started from N50m has now come down to N5m. That’s the kind of situation that we have found ourselves in Kaduna State,” Hayab said.
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