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<h2>The <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/topic/Kaduna-State-Police/">Kaduna State Police Command</a> has said it has apprehended the suspected mastermind of the September burning of Saint Raphael’s Catholic Church at Fadan Kamanta during which the seminarian was killed.</h2>
<p>The suspect, identified as Yakubu Saidu was arrested on Thursday by police operatives at Zangon Urban.</p>
<p>The spokesman of the Kaduna Police Command Mansir Hassan announced the development via a statement.</p>
<p>The police said that the suspect confessed his involvement in the attack and the killing of the seminarian and that one of his gang members – from Fadan Kamanta facilitated the assault and is on the run.</p>
<p>His arrest comes about seven months after bandits attacked the church’s rectory and killed Stephen. They also set the parish house ablaze after a failed attempt to abduct two priests working in the parish.</p>
<p>Kaduna is one of the states worst hit by banditry in the country and has in recent years witnessed attacks on religious centres and public places among others.</p>
<p>In 2022, they attacked the Kaduna-Abuja rail line, killing some and injuring others.</p>
<h2>Terrorists Release Seven Persons Kidnapped In Kaduna</h2>
<p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/03/18/breaking-terrorists-release-seven-persons-kidnapped-in-kaduna/">terrorists</a> have released seven out of over 14 people kidnapped in the Dogon Noma-Ungwan Gamo community in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State over the weekend.</p>
<p><strong>Naija News</strong> reported that the kidnap occurred in the early hours of Saturday when a large group of bandits invaded the Dogon Noma community and abducted the victims.</p>
<p>However, <strong>Naija News</strong> gathered that the gunmen released the seven captives unconditionally on Monday afternoon 48 hours after their abduction.</p>
<p>A family member of one of the freed persons, Mohammed Aliyu, informed Premium Times that the terrorists did not give the released captives any reason for the release.</p>
<p>He said the group of released captives includes three women, three men, and a nursing mother, adding that they have been reunited with their families.</p>
<p><strong>Naija News</strong> reports that the upsurge in bandit attacks intensifies the concerns in the region, as the development comes just a week after a staggering 61 people were abducted in the Buda community, also within Kajuru LGA.</p>
<p>A resident of the community, Aminu Kajuru, who holds a traditional title in the emirate, lamented that the area is now under siege.</p>
<p>He said the bandits ordered residents to come out of their houses and abducted them.</p>
<p>This recent abduction underscores a worrying trend in Kaduna State and surrounding areas, where communities are increasingly under threat from bandits and criminal gangs.</p>
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