Kidnappers Of Kajuru Castle Worker Demand N60M

Foreigner (Briton Lady)  Killed During Attacks On Kajuru

Kidnappers of the three staff members of Kajuru Castle have demanded an N60 million ransom from their hiding place.

A source in Kajuru said the gunmen called one of the staff of the castle to make the demand on Sunday.

The three workers were kidnapped on Friday morning during an attack on the holiday and resort centre in Kujuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

A Briton lady named Faye Mooney, who was a staff member of Mercy Corps Nigeria was killed when the gunmen attacked the castle and abducted five of the workers.

Two of them were said to have escaped leaving three with the abductors.

A source at Kajuru said the gunmen had tried to gain entrance into the castle through rock near the castle by firing shots into the holiday resort.

He said two mobile policemen who were on guard duty at the resort had tried to repel the attack by firing back at the gunmen, but in the process, the Briton and her colleague who came from Lagos were lodging in rooms at the towers got scared and tried to leave, but were hit by bullets as they made their way down the staircase.

“The two people they killed were already tensed in their rooms in one of the towers. They were panicking and they rushed out of their rooms and started running down the stairs.

“The stairs is opened, so as they were running down the staircase, the bandits saw them and shot them,” he said.

Daily Trust gathered that Kajuru Castle is about 15 minutes’ drive from Kasuwan Magani which recorded cases of violence recently.

Meanwhile, Naija News recalls that about two weeks ago,  it was learned that Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Stormed Ungwan Aku village in Kajuru, dressed in Miltary Uniforms and killed twenty people.

The police could not be reached for comment as at the time of filing this report