Bandits kill pastor, abduct 11 others in Niger

Armed bandits on Thursday killed a pastor at Chukuba village, Shiroro local government area of Niger State.

The deceased, Pastor Jeremiah Ibrahim, who was a resident pastor of the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) in Kobwa Kuta, was shot dead by bandits during an attack on the village in the early hours of Thursday.

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Residents of the community told journalists that Ibrahim was waylaid by the bandits after he had visited a colleague who is also a resident pastor in the area and shot dead.

The bandits also abducted the wife of another pastor and 10 other members of the community.

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