“On the whole, we have eight suspects in our custody who are arrested for committing the above crimes and also running a gun manufacturing factory in the area,” the OPSH official said.
He added that 31 weapons of various categories were recovered during the operation that resulted in the arrest of the eight suspects.
In an interview with the Catholic pontifical charity foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, Bishop Julius Yakubu Kundi of the Diocese of Kafanchan said the “attackers were aiming to kidnap the parish priest.”
“When they failed in their attempt to enter the father’s house, they set it on fire. The two priests were able to escape but, terribly, the seminarian was burned inside,” Kundi told ACN in a report shared with ACI Africa, CNA’s news partner in Africa, on Sept. 8.
“The assault lasted more than an hour, but there was no reaction or support from the military forces,” the bishop added. “A kilometer away there is a checkpoint, but there was a total absence of reaction.”
“Nigerian citizens are unprotected. We hardly benefit from the security forces,” Kundi lamented.