Armed bandits stormed a joyous wedding celebration in Kahir village, Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State, late Sunday night, unleashing a hail of bullets that killed 13 guests and left others abducted.
Eyewitness Shehu Bala, a Kagarko resident, confirmed the horror to Daily Trust via phone on Monday, March 30, 2026.
The attack unfolded around 11:47 p.m., with a large gang wielding AK-47 rifles bursting into the venue and firing indiscriminately into the crowded hall.
Survivors rushed several bullet-riddled victims to Kagarko General Hospital, while two critically injured were airlifted to Kaduna for advanced care, Bala added.
“In fact, there are two of my friends who were inside the hall that also sustained bullet injuries during the attack,” he said.
“But one cannot ascertain the number of those that were kidnapped because of the sporadic shootings.”
A community leader who preferred anonymity also confirmed the incident to through the telephone on Monday.
He gave the names of some of those killed as Bako Danjuma, Williams Luka, Peter Williams, Joseph Yakubu, Victor Peter, John Dan Asabe, Angulu Markus, Maikano Aribi, Douglas John Ado Yakubu, Zaphaniah Alhaji, Joseph Kaddah and Francis Unguwa Doya.
He said the bandits who operated unchallenged for nearly an hour, also invaded some shops and carted away food stuff, provisions and drugs from a chemist in the community.
The community leader, however, said those killed have been buried, even as he said a contact is yet to be established with the abductors of the victims, states the Daily Trust reports.
“In fact, the entire people of the community were thrown into pandemonium because of the sporadic shooting by the bandits that Sunday night, to the extent some people had to flee into the bush,” the community leader said.
A police source at the Kagarko division also confirmed the incident, even as he said the police were yet to know the actual numbers of those abducted in the attack.
When contacted, Spokesperson of the Kaduna state police command, DSP Hassan Mansur, also confirmed the abduction and killings, saying the command will issue a comprehensive report on the incident later in the day, the report said.
“The command is yet to get details of the incident that happened in Kahir community, but a comprehensive report on the incident will be made available after getting details of the incident,” he said.
It was however, gathered that the deputy governor of the state, Dr Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, and Senator Sani Musa (313) have visited the injured victims at the hospital in Kagarko.
The report also noted that several communities, including Janjala, have been under siege by bandits.
14 people including a vigilante operative and his wife, who were abducted in the area three weeks ago, it maintained, are still in captivity.
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