[Mhiz Rebecca]

Pastor Rosea Akuchi of a Baptist Church, Guguwa,
Nasira, Igabi LGA of Kaduna state, was on Sunday
killed while attempting to resist kidnappers. The
suspected bandits, however, abducted Talatu, the
deceased’s wife, after killing the clergyman.
Witness said the bandits arrived the community
around 1am and forced their way into the
apartment of the clergyman after shooting
sporadically in the air.
“The gunmen came at about 1am; I don’t know how
many of them but they were shooting sporadically.
We thought they were armed robbers, everybody
was scared,” he said.
“They wanted to kidnap the pastor, but he was
resisting them by struggling with them and they
shot him. After killing him, they went away with
his wife.”
Yakubu Sabo, spokesman of the Kaduna state police
command, confirmed the incident, saying the
clergyman was shot while struggling with his
attackers whose intention may be to abduct him.
“But after struggling with them, they shot him and
took away his wife. It is quite unfortunate that
while we are keeping the peace we are enjoying in
Kaduna, some criminals are doing this to sabotage
our collective efforts.