Bandits have kidnapped no fewer than 60 worshippers in a church in Kasuwan-Magani in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

This development was confirmed by the Southern Kaduna People’s Union in a statement it issued on Monday in Kaduna.

The President of SOKAPU, Awemi Dio Maisamari, disclosed that the terrorists had made telephone calls to some people in the communities and claimed that they have 40 abductees in their custody, demanding N200 million.

Maisamari said: “There is still no breathing space for communities in Southern Kaduna. Terrorists, jihadists, bandits and armed herdsmen have continued to plunder and wreck communities in the southern state. The latest are the mass abductions that took place on September 12 and 13, 2022, at Kasuwan Magani in Kajuru LGA of Southern Kaduna.