🕊️ THE RUMOUR THAT SHOOK KADUNA — AND THE TRUTH BEHIND IT
By Monday morning, fear had already spread.
Messages flew across phones. Voices trembled on radio. Social media was heavy with one claim: over 100 worshippers had been kidnapped during a church service in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru.
But when security officials arrived at the village, they met silence — not the silence of tragedy, but the silence of a story that never happened.
The church stood untouched. No signs of struggle. No missing worshippers. No grieving families.
Standing before reporters, the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Rabiu, dismissed the report as a dangerous falsehood, warning that fear can be as destructive as violence when weaponised by rumour merchants.
“Provide the names,” he challenged.
None were given.
The Chairman of Kajuru Local Government, Dauda Madaki, retraced the steps of the rumour himself — visiting the church, speaking to the village head, questioning the youth leader. Each voice confirmed the same truth: there was no attack.
In a country already burdened by insecurity, false alarms deepen wounds, stir panic, and threaten fragile peace.
This story is not about what happened —
It’s about what didn’t happen, and why truth still matters.
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