By Admin 
Another horrific incident of violence has come to light in Kaduna state of north-west Nigeria on Sunday (January 18, 2026). In Kurmin Wali village of Kajuru area, armed attackers targeted three churches simultaneously and kidnapped people praying there.
According to local sources, the attackers simultaneously attacked the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), the Church of the Cherubim and Seraphim sect and a Catholic church. At that time prayer meetings and Catholic mass were going on in the churches. This sudden attack created chaos and hundreds of people started running here and there to save their lives.
No organization took responsibility
Area MLA Osman Danlami Stingo was quoted by the Associated Press as saying that initially 177 people were reported missing. Later, 11 people somehow returned, but still no trace of more than 150 people has been found. Women, elderly and youth are said to be among the kidnapped people. No official statement has been issued by the Kaduna State Police several hours after the incident. Neither any organization or armed group has taken responsibility for this attack. Security agencies are conducting search operations in the area, but no concrete success has been reported so far.
Concern about attacks on Christian community
Nigeria has been struggling with a serious security crisis for the last several years. Armed gangs and criminal groups are active in remote areas of the country, which carry out incidents like attacks on villages, murders and kidnapping for ransom. Especially in the northern and north-western states, the law and order situation is considered very weak. Concern has already been expressed at the international level regarding attacks on the Christian community. Last year, America had expressed serious concern about the safety of Christians in Nigeria and said that thousands of Christians have lost their lives in violence.
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In Nigeria, which has a population of about 22 crores, Muslim and Christian population is considered almost equal. Boko Haram and its affiliated fundamentalist organizations have been spreading violence for years. Although the violence in northern Nigeria affects both Muslim and Christian communities, attacks on churches have been of particular concern internationally.
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