Eko Hot Blog reports that bandits have killed a Catholic seminarian, Stephen Naman alongside with two others in a night attack.
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The bandits were reported to invade two communities – Kamantan and Sabon Kaura of the Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
A resident told news agency that the bandits invaded the communities in their multitudes.
The parish seminarian died as a result of smoke he inhaled while trying to escape with other colleague during the strikes.
The community, however, was able to repel the attack and by shooting one of the bandits in the midnight.
The repel aggravated the bandits and this led the latter to setting the parish on fire, which later claimed Naman’s life as he was caught up in the fire while trying to hide in the parish’s toilet during the attack.
“The bandits came in the night to kidnap the Parish priest in Kamantan,” a source told the news agency.
“The priest and his colleague were able to escape from the house, but a seminarian serving in the parish ran to hide in the toilet within the compound when he could not escape from the house.”
On the other hand, some suspected herdsmen in Sabon Kaura were reported to have destroyed a farm belonging to a resident.
The herdsmen who owned up to the accusation after an interrogation by the community leader were asked to compensate the owner of the farm.
The Kaduna State police command acting spokesperson, Mansir Alhassan, confirmed the incidents.
The Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna chapter, condemned the attack and described it as ‘disheartening’, through the CAN Kaduna State chairman, Joseph Hayab.
In a statement released by the Christian body on Friday, Hayab said the burnt parish is not far from military checkpoint in the state.
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“What is disheartening about this particular attack is the fact that the place of attack is just by the Kaduna-Kafanchan major highway with a military checkpoint not far from the Parish,” the statement reads.
“The Parish is located at the heart of Kamantan town and the attack was carried out at about 8:00 pm.
“This causes us to wonder some more. Where is the hope? How much more terrible could the situation get?”
The CAN has called on government and stakeholders in the state to come to the rescue and ensure the culprits are brought to book.
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