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Speaker 1: In an apparently very painful moment on Tuesday evening, an

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elderly woman who appears suffering from age related bending and

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muscle weakness known medically as cayphosis, could be seen struggling

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and battling helplessly for the safety of her own life

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as group of terrorists invaded and took over a church

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in Nigeria. This the worshippers of Christ Apostolic Church CAC

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were attacked during their church service that was live streamed

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on social media platforms, and the video life coverage captured

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the moment the elderly woman was moving from one hideout

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to another hiding under table, trying to move fast and

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run for safety alongside others before the terrorists, who also

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parked the worshippers belongings, intercepted the camera device that was

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live streaming the church service and probably destroyed the device

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the attack. According to Evangelical Church Winning All ECWA News

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Media known as ECWA Nationwide GIST, the attackers were Islamic

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terrorists and they invaded the church located at Eriku Community,

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a border town with Coggi State in the Akitti local

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government area of Quarra State around five p m. On

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Tuesday evening, killing three worshipers at the spot and kidnapped

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several Christian worshippers in the church, including the presiding pastor.

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The ECWA News Media has reported in recent days that

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the attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria is growing almost

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higher on daily basis, specifically stating that Reverend Father Bobby Paskell,

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parish priest of Saint Stephen Parish in kush Gudgu, Kagako

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Local Government Area, Kaduna State, was kidnapped by Islamic terrorists

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in the early hours on Monday, November seventeenth, twenty twenty five.

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In addition, the ECWA News Media also published image of

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twelve residents, including an ECWA pastor, that were kidnapped by

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Islamic terrorists last week at the Giddenwire community in Lere

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Local Government area of Kaduna State. The safety of the

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elderly woman is yet to be ascertained as at press time,

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as the Koira State Police Command of the Nigeria Police

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Force described the successful terrorist act as an attempted bandits attack.

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According to Sahara A Reporters news media, eyewitnesses reported that

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the attackers came in suddenly shooting sporadically and gathered some worshippers,

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including the pastor, and marched them into the bush. The

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exact number of abducted victims remains unknown, but residents say

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the attackers fled through bush paths linking neighboring communities. The

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incident has left the community in panic and chaos, with

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residents and travelers fleeing into surrounding bushes for safety. At

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midnight on Tuesday, some stranded travelers in a viral video

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called for help as they could not continue their journey

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due to the terrorists who were on rampage in the town.

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Evangelical Church Winning All E c w A nationwide gist

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news media, stated that this evening around five pm today,

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Islamist terrorists invaded CAC in Eriku, Quara State while evening

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service was going on, the pastor of the church and

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some females have been kidnapped, three people shot dead. The

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church program was on live stream when bandits entered the church.

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In another report, the ecw A news media stated that

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another Catholic priest has reportedly been abducted by Islamic terrorists

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in Kaduna. Reverend Father Bobby Paskell, parish priest of Saint

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Stephen Parish in Kushgudju, Kagako Local Government area, Kaduna State,

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was taken in the early hours of Monday, November seventeenth,

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twenty twenty five. The Giddenwire community in Lere Local Government

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area of Kaduna State has released photos of twelve residents

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abducted by bandits last week. Reports indicate the attack left

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four people dead and several others injured. Among the kidnapped

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to six women, a minor, three young men and an

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Ecwa church reverend. The victims remain in the hands of

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the kidnappers, with the community urgently appealing for their safe

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and immediate release. Punch newspaper on Tuesday reported that at

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least five persons have been killed and several others abducted

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after suspected bandits launched two separate attacks in Erku, a

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boundary town with Coggi State in the Achittilocal government area

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of Quarra State on Tuesday. In the first incident, the

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attackers stormed a branch of the christ Apostolic Church CAC

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during a special service, shooting sporadically before targeting worshippers. The

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Punch learned that three worshippers were shot dead on the spot,

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while the pastor and an unspecified number of congregants were

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whisked away into the bush. An eyewitness who pleaded not

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to be named, said the government came into the church

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while people were gathered. They started shooting and three people

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died immediately. They later rounded up s some worshipers, including

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the pastor, and marched them into the bush. The exact

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number of abducted victims remains unclear, but residents said the

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gunman escaped through bush paths leading to neighboring communities in

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Coggi State. Earlier in the evening, the bandits reportedly launched

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another violent attack along the Allaoran Kaba road, forcing travelers

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and residents to abandon their vehicles and flee into nearby bushes.

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A traveler returning from Niger State, who recorded a distress

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voice note obtained by The Punch, said we suddenly ran

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into them. Everybody abandoned the cars and scattered into the bush.

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They came around six thirty p m. And started shooting.

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Two people were killed instantly, and we don’t even know

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how many were taken. They’re still shooting, you can hear it.

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A community leader mister Benjamin i Arrived told The Punch

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that Eriku has been under perpetual attacks for the last

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three weeks, lamenting the repeated distress, US calls to authorities

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have yielded no tangible response. We have begged the local

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and state governments for help, but nothing concrete has come.

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We are living in fear every day, he said. I

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Arrive added the despine resistance from vigilantes, local hunters, the

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police and the Raku Progressive Union. The relentless attacks have

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overwhelmed the community. We need federal help. These attacks are

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becoming too much for us to bear. We are pleading

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with the President to intervene urgently, he said. Sahaa reporters

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news Media also reported that the Quia State Police Command

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has confirmed the terrorist attack in Erku town, which occurred

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around six pm on Tuesday, November eighteenth. According to a

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statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer SPA Deter

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najire Ada Yemi, the Divisional Police Officer DPO of Verku

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and his team, working alongside local vigilantes, responded swiftly to

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the sound of god gunshots from the outskirts of the town.

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She noted that the combined security effort reportedly forced the

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assailants to flee into the bush. The statement read the

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Choir State Police Command confirms an attempted bandit attack in

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Riku which occurred at about eighteen hundred hours of today,

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the eighteenth of November twenty twenty five. The d PO

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Erku and his team of police operatives, in collaboration with vigilantes,

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swiftly responded to the sound of gunshots emanating from the

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outskirts of the town, prompting the hoodlums to flee into

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the bush. Upon thorough search of the area, one male victim,

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mister Adaremi, was discovered fatally shot inside the christ Apostolic

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Church o k A second, while one mister tunde asabare Jay,

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another victim of fatal gunshot, was found in the bush.

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A vigilante, Schegen Alaja, sustained gunshot injuries and was immediately

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rushed to e c w A Hospital, Riku for medical treatment.

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CP Adakimir Joe commended the swift response of the police

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and vigilantes. He also assures the public that security agencies

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will not relent until these hoodlums are totally decimated. Further

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updates will be provided as investigations progress, she added. Meanwhile,

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Barrister Opiyemibodand, in an ex social media post written as

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a letter to President Bola Ahmed Tanubu, stated that I’m

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writing to bring to your President Bola Hmed to Nubu

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attention a dire situation unfolding in Eriku community, located in

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Kuira State. Tonight, heavily armed bandits brutally attacked worshippers at

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the Christ Apostolic Church, resulting in the tragic loss of

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lives and the kidnapping of many innocent worshippers. This heinous

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act is the latest in a series of assaults that

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have plagued our community for months, with Ossi, Eriku and

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egg Bay roads being hotspots for these attacks. It’s worth

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mentioning that the state Governor’s efforts seem inadequate and we

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desperately need your leadership and support to address this crisis.

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As the President, you have sworn to protect the lives

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of Nigerian citizens and we’re counting on you to uphold

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that promise. Roku shares a boundary with Coggie and a

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Kitty States and we urgently need an increased security presence,

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In particular, the deployment of military personnel, and I urge

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you to take concrete steps to bring an end to

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these attacks. Please, mister President, act now to save lives

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and restore peace in Roku.

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Speaker 2: D Oh. What’s as one home lady bring day? You

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bring me in the mortgagees somewhere