Kaduna: 13-year-old dies day after launch from captivity

A 13-year-old woman, Hasana Bulus, has died barely a day after regaining her freedom from bandits who held her captive for seven months in Kaduna State.

Hasana was kidnapped from her dwelling in Awon village, Kachia Local Government Area, on April 20, 2026, alongside different residents.

Former aide to late Kaduna state governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Reuben Buhari, disclosed this in a social media submit on Thursday, November 5, 2026, Blueprint studies.

Narrating her ordeal, Buhari wrote: “For seven long months, this little girl was held captive in the bush, enduring pain and horrors no 13-year-old should ever have to see, let alone live through.”

He mentioned Hasana was launched on November 2 and brought to a hospital in Kachia however died the next day.

“She was finally freed on 2nd November and taken to a hospital in Kachia. On 3rd November, just a day after tasting freedom, she died,” he acknowledged.

Buhari’s disclosure got here a day after Blueprint.ng reported the kidnapping of 18 individuals, largely ladies and kids, and the killing of two males in a separate assault on Akwando neighborhood, additionally in Kachia LGA.

The assault, which occurred at about 12:30am on Wednesday, November 4, concerned members of Buhari’s prolonged household, together with his cousins, their youngsters and grandchildren.

Recounting the incident in his social media submit, Buhari wrote: “Akwando village, Kachia LGA, was attacked this morning, Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at around 12:30 am and about 18 people were kidnapped, mostly married women and children, all from my family – my cousins, their children, and their grandchildren. Two were killed.”

Those kidnapped embrace Usman Galadima, 55; Amina Ahmadu, 52; Alice Ahmadu, 45; Haske Ahmadu, 18; Magdalene Marcus, 35; Gloria Marcus, six months; Lovene Ishaya, 25; Happy Steven, 23; and Zillah Steven, one 12 months.

Others are Afiniki Irimiya, 30; her one-year-old daughter, Jeneth Irimiya; Laraba Irimiya, 32; Sim Shagari, 30; Yangal Shagari, three; Musa Genesis, one; Miracle Genesis, 21; and two unidentified infants, a four-month-old woman and a five-month-old boy.

Buhari recognized the 2 males killed as Irimiya Galadima, 41, and Benjamin Danlami, 32. He additionally mentioned the husbands of Afiniki and Laraba Irimiya had been amongst these killed.

He recalled that Akwando had beforehand witnessed the kidnapping of 9 schoolchildren on April 26, 2026, whereas they had been travelling to highschool in Kachia.

The youngsters regained their freedom after spending 36 days in captivity.

He additionally mentioned the village had been attacked on different events, leading to a number of deaths.

In the identical submit, Buhari linked the most recent Akwando assault to the latest launch of some abductees from Awon village, saying about 5 individuals kidnapped there on April 5 had regained their freedom after roughly six months in captivity.

He added that others died within the kidnappers’ camp, whereas one other younger woman died a day after she was taken to a hospital in Kachia following her launch.

The newest disclosures spotlight the persevering with toll of abductions on households and rural communities in Kachia, the place ladies and kids have repeatedly been amongst these focused.

Efforts to achieve the Kaduna State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Hassan Mansur, for affirmation and feedback on the assault had been unsuccessful, as he couldn’t be reached as of the time of submitting this report.