Jeremiah Mayau, a Pastor with the Tawaliu Baptist Church, Kujama, headquarters of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State has been killed gunmen.
It was learnt that the incident occurred on Wednesday when the deceased was attacked on his farm.
Kujama is a few kilometers from Kaduna city.
Chairman of Kaduna State chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Rev. Joseph Hayab, confirmed the incident in an interview with journalists on Thursday in Kaduna.
The CAN Chairman said the incident occurred when the cleric was on his farm.
Hayab described the incident as “barbaric” and urged security operatives to exercise greater vigilance in the performance of their duties with a view to halt the nefarious activities of criminal elements in the state.
“The barbaric incident happened on Wednesday afternoon while the Rev. Jeremiah Mayau was in his farm at Prison farms Kujama Chikun LGA of Kaduna State.
“It is very painful that gunmen move freely in broad day light to execute their evil act and get away with it in a civilised society like ours where we have constituted authority that is expected to checkmate this criminal elements in the society.
“It also painful that when you raise an eye brow, you are seen as a deviant that is just looking for trouble while those in authority have refused to do the right thing to ensure harmonious coexistence among the citizens”, Hayab said.
Efforts to get the reaction of the spokesperson of the Kaduna state police command, Mohammad Jalige, was unsuccessful as he did not respond to telephone calls.
