{"id":4272,"date":"2026-01-24T07:41:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=4272"},"modified":"2026-01-24T07:41:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:41:37","slug":"bandits-abduct-baptist-pastor-three-daughters-in-kaduna-village-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/bandits-abduct-baptist-pastor-three-daughters-in-kaduna-village-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits Abduct Baptist Pastor, Three Daughters In Kaduna Village Raid"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Baptist Church cleric, Pastor Daniel Bagama, and his three daughters have been abducted by bandits at Tudun Bussa village in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.<br \/><br \/>The Conference President of the Kaduna Baptist Conference, Rev. Ishaya Adamu Jangado, disclosed this in a letter copied to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), saying, \u201cI write to inform you that bandits have abducted a Baptist Church Pastor, Pastor Daniel Bagama and his three daughters at Tudun Bussa village, Chikun local government area of Kaduna state.\u201d<br \/><br \/>According to him, the incident occurred late on Sunday night, January 18, 2026, at about 11 pm, when the attackers stormed Tudun Bussa village in Chikun Local Government Area and abducted the victims.<br \/><br \/>As at the time of this report, there has been no official statement from the security agencies on the incident.<br \/><br \/>When contacted, the Kaduna State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. Caleb Ma\u2019aji Bawa, confirmed the abduction of the pastor and his three daughters.<br \/><br \/>A source explained that the attackers stormed the area and began shooting sporadically before heading to the pastor\u2019s residence.<br \/><br \/>Efforts to contact the state police spokesperson, Mansir Hassan, for comments proved abortive as his phone could not be reached.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Baptist Church cleric, Pastor Daniel Bagama, and his three daughters have been abducted by bandits at Tudun Bussa village in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Conference President of the Kaduna Baptist Conference, Rev. Ishaya Adamu Jangado, disclosed this in a letter copied to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), saying, \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bandits Abduct Baptist Pastor, Three Daughters In Kaduna Village Raid - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bandits Abduct Baptist Pastor, Three Daughters In Kaduna Village Raid\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/bandits-abduct-baptist-pastor-three-daughters-in-kaduna-village-raid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bandits Abduct Baptist Pastor, Three Daughters In Kaduna Village Raid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bandits Abduct Baptist Pastor, Three Daughters In Kaduna Village Raid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/bandits-abduct-baptist-pastor-three-daughters-in-kaduna-village-raid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-24T07:41:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Rural-Bandits.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/bandits-abduct-baptist-pastor-three-daughters-in-kaduna-village-raid\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/bandits-abduct-baptist-pastor-three-daughters-in-kaduna-village-raid\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2f834a7a3cd82bce3be34e1a6fcdc621\"},\"headline\":\"Bandits Abduct Baptist Pastor, Three Daughters In Kaduna Village Raid\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-24T07:41:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/bandits-abduct-baptist-pastor-three-daughters-in-kaduna-village-raid\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":213,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/bandits-abduct-baptist-pastor-three-daughters-in-kaduna-village-raid\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Rural-Bandits.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/bandits-abduct-baptist-pastor-three-daughters-in-kaduna-village-raid\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/bandits-abduct-baptist-pastor-three-daughters-in-kaduna-village-raid\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/24\\\/bandits-abduct-baptist-pastor-three-daughters-in-kaduna-village-raid\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bandits Abduct Baptist Pastor, Three Daughters In Kaduna Village Raid - 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