No part of Millennium City Kaduna is safe now – Amnesty

Amnesty International Nigeria has warned that no part of Millennium City in Kaduna State is safe as bandits and different gunmen proceed to assault residents and abduct individuals.

In a put up on X, the human rights organisation stated assaults and kidnappings had elevated in and across the neighbourhood, with armed males working freely at any time of the day.

“On 19 August, gunmen invaded Kyauta area and abducted over a dozen people. Abductions take place in broad daylight. In some parts of the area, people are setting up vigilantes to defend themselves while others are abandoning their homes and moving out of the area to safety,” Amnesty stated.

The organisation additionally cited the kidnapping of Ahmad Abubakar Zakka, his spouse and their child daughter, who had been kidnapped when gunmen invaded Alrahus Estate in Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area, on October 5, 2026.

According to Amnesty, a viral video confirmed the household’s abductors pointing AK-47 rifles at their heads and threatening to shoot them.

The organisation stated residents had been residing in fixed concern of additional assaults and abductions, forcing some households to droop their kids’s training.

“No part of Millennium City Kaduna is safe now. People live perpetually in fear always bracing up for the next attack or abduction, or both,” it stated.

Amnesty expressed concern over the continued killings and abductions, in addition to what it described because the authorities’ failure to cease the assaults and produce suspected perpetrators to justice.

It warned that the persistent violence remained a severe risk to the suitable to life in Kaduna State.