Insecurity: Over 200 people killed, 746 kidnapped in Q1 2023 in Kaduna | TheCable 📸: GovKaduna
April 19, 2023 10:07 PMThe Kaduna state government says bandits killed 214 persons and abducted 746 others between January and March this year.
“The report also indicated that of the 746 people kidnapped, Kaduna central senatorial district accounted for 492 victims followed by Kaduna south senatorial district with 221 while 33 people were abducted in Kaduna north senatorial district,” the commissioner said.While receiving the report, El-Rufai said the state government did its best to prevent the sad incidents “through institutional measures and pragmatic actions”.
“There is every reason to intensify and sustain simultaneous ground and air kinetic actions across the seven frontline states of the Northwest region and Niger which have continuous and contiguous forest ranges and are most heavily impacted by this security challenge.
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