Suspected bandits have killed one Mr Tijani Amedu, a 53-year-old baker, and abducted 13 children related to him.

jerrymusa.com reports that Amedu’s brother, Rasaq, said the incident happened on January 6, 2024, around Katari area of Kaduna, while the victims were returning to Kaduna after a visit to Warri, Delta State.

Rasaq said, “They came to visit for the Christmas and New Year holidays. My siblings and their families came to visit. But they got attacked by bandits when they were going back to Kaduna, using two buses. I was told the bandits started shooting on seeing them. The first bus drove through them but the second bus stopped. My elder brother and 13 kids were on the second bus. The bandits took all of them.”

He explained that They killed his brother and and kept the kids captive, adding that family members got to what was going on when the children started communicating from their captivity.

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