The Gbagyi Development Union (GDU) has raised the alarm over what it described as “recurring incidents of insecurity ravaging” Gbagyi communities in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state.
In a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, spokesperson of group, Caleb Nayaro,lamented that several communities in Chikun have continued to suffer devastating attacks, abductions, and destruction of farmlands by armed herdsmen and bandits.
“GDU wishes to express deep pain and concern over the security situation that had left Gbagyi communities vulnerable, traumatized, and economically crippled,” the statement said.
Recounting some of the attacks, the group said, on October 20, 2025, kidnappers entered Kujama, headquarters of Chikun LGA and kidnapped 12 persons, including a medical doctor and some patients in a private hospital.
It added that, “On the 23rd of October, 2025, bandits invaded Gbakun (KSTV) Community also in Kujama and kidnapped eight persons, including an infant of two weeks old, while on the 27th of October, they entered Bukka Kujama and kidnapped seven persons.”
Nayaro said a member of the board of trustees (BoT) of GDU, Adamu Auta was also attacked at his residence at about 2am on October 29, and nine members of his family were abducted.
Other incidents listed by the GDU include “the abduction of four persons in Kadaru on October 28; the abduction of five persons, the snatching of eleven motorcycles in Kankomi village on the same date; and the attack on one Rueben Dantata of Ligari village, on his farm on Sunday, 26th October 2025.”
The statement added that “at Sibiri village, Udawa, a farm belonging to Hon. Ephraim Dauda Udawa, covering over three hectares of land planted with soya beans, was completely destroyed by herdsmen.
“These unending attacks have caused untold hardship and heightened fear among our people, who can no longer go to their farms or live peacefully in their ancestral homes”, the statement said.
Nayaro said the security situation in Gbagyi communities was deteriorating and called for decisive government intervention to tackle the criminals.
Beyond insecurity, GDU also frowned at what it termed “continued marginalisation of Gbagyi people in political appointments,” despite being “one of the major ethnic groups and an indigenous community in Kaduna state.
While acknowledging the efforts of Governor Uba Sani in promoting peace and development, the statement urged him “to pay urgent attention to the plight of the Gbagyi people.”
The statement appealed for “immediate security intervention in all affected communities to rescue the abducted victims and prevent further attacks.”
The group also called for “adequate compensation to farmers whose livelihoods have been destroyed.”
