Worshippers Kidnaped During Prayer In Zamfara Mosque

Information reaching the OsunReporters News has it that some worshippers in one of the mosques in Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, were abducted by bandits on Thursday.

While confirming the incident, an indigene of the area simply identified as Garba told journalists that the bandits invaded the mosque around 5 a.m. when the people were about to start the morning prayer.

According to him; ”We were about to start the morning prayer today, Thursday, when suddenly they (bandits) entered the mosque and directed everybody to go out and follow them.

“Everybody scampered for safety, but the bandits blocked everywhere and warned us that they would kill anybody who tried to run away. I was able to jump out of the window and ran quickly into one of the uncompleted buildings near the mosque, where I hid myself.”

He added that the bandits left their motorcycles far away from the mosque so that the worshippers would not notice their movement.

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“They came on foot, leaving their motorcycles outside the town so that they would not attract the attention of the people of the area. They later marched the worshippers to their motorcycles and took them to the forest,” he added.

______The source noted that the abducted worshippers could be more than 30.

“The mosque was full to capacity when the bandits attacked the place, and very few of us were able to escape,” he added.