Barely a week after the Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, confirmed that more than 100 cases of kidnapping had been recorded by the state between January and September of this year, another kidnapping incident occurred.

The Malum community, a suburb of Ardo-Kola Local Government Area, in Taraba State on Tuesday experienced a raid by gunmen as well as kidnap of one Reverend Solomon Jediel.

Narrating the terrorizing ordeal to Channels TV, wife of the victim, Lucy Solomon, said that the kidnappers shot without targets into the air, shattered the windows to their house and beat up every member of the family.

“We were about to sleep when my husband asked me to look through the window and then I saw the abductors. When they got closer, they flashed torchlight at us and asked my husband to come out and follow them or else they will shoot him.

“He obliged and opened the door. Then, they started beating every member of the family. They threatened to kill me and asked me to bring the money at home, I brought it and they left with the money, my husband and my daughter’s credentials.

“They later contacted my son, instructing him to start making some savings for his father’s release.”

Responding to the incident, the District Superintendent of the Church, Reverend Philip Jedian, urged the government to come to the rescue of those in the community as the problem of kidnapping became too routine.

He said, ‘ ‘ There are too many situations in which the state government and security agencies must wake up to the responsibility of protecting lives and property. ”

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