# Armed attack on Naridon village in Nigeria's southern Kaduna state kills at least 30, including eight children > Suspected gunmen attacked the Naridon community in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria, overnight on July 27, killing at least 30 people including eight children and burning houses; SOKAPU, a group representing southern Kaduna communities, condemned the attack and wrote to the state's Commissioner of Police calling for urgent security measures **Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-07-27 · heads: , The Long Game · 12 takes · 5 lenses · 2 regions ## Summary Armed men attacked the Naridon community in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria, overnight on July 27, killing at least 30 people including eight children. According to Nigerian media citing local community leaders, the gunmen stormed the settlement, shot randomly, and burned houses. SOKAPU, the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, wrote a letter to the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police citing the deteriorating security situation in rural farming communities and calling for urgent protective measures. A Christian civil society group, Christians in Politics, condemned the attack and called on President Bola Tinubu and Kaduna Governor Uba Sani to respond. No government security agency had issued a statement at the time of reporting. ## Why it matters Southern Kaduna has experienced repeated cycles of violence between predominantly Christian farming communities and armed groups since at least 2016, with thousands killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. Attacks of this scale, 30 or more dead in a single raid, occur multiple times a year but rarely generate national-level policy responses. The absence of any security agency statement within the first 24 hours is consistent with past incidents. Kaduna State lies in Nigeria's Middle Belt, where farmer-herder conflicts and criminal gang activity overlap with ethno-religious tensions, making attribution of individual attacks contested. ## What to watch - Whether Nigerian security forces identify and pursue the perpetrators - The death toll as local authorities conduct full counts - Whether President Tinubu or the Nigerian Army responds with a specific Kaduna security operation - SOKAPU's formal requests to the state and federal governments, which may advance through the courts ## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens) ### Lagos-based Nigerian daily; first published report naming the Naridon community specifically and giving the midnight timing, eight-children count and house burning detail - **P.M. News Nigeria** (Nigeria, en) — P.M. News Nigeria reported that suspected terrorists attacked the Naridon community in a midnight assault, killing at least 30 people including eight children, with gunmen shooting randomly and burning homes; the outlet noted no police or government statement had been issued at the time of publication. > "Suspected terrorists attacked Kaduna's Naridon community, killing at least 30 people, including eight children, in a deadly midnight assault." Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2026/07/27/midnight-horror-in-kaduna-30-killed-homes-razed-in-terror-attack/ ### Nigerian news site, reported the response from Christians in Politics, a civil society group, which called the attack an act of terror and demanded action from President Tinubu and Kaduna Governor Uba Sani - **Daily Post Nigeria** (Nigeria, en) — Daily Post Nigeria reported the condemnation from Christians in Politics (CIP), which called the attack an act of terror, urged President Bola Tinubu, Governor Uba Sani and security agencies to act, and situated the Naridon attack within a broader pattern of violence against farming communities in southern Kaduna. > "The Christians in Politics (CIP) has called on President Bola Tinubu, Governor Uba Sani and security agencies to intensify their efforts to bring to justice the perpetrators." Source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/07/27/naridon-attack-act-of-terror-christian-group-condemns-southern-kaduna-killings/ ### Nigerian digital outlet, reported SOKAPU's response calling for urgent security measures and gave an independent death count of over 30 - **Legit.ng** (Nigeria, en) — Legit.ng confirmed SOKAPU's call for urgent security measures and corroborated the death toll at over 30, including women and children, describing the armed men as having attacked the Narido community in Kaduna State. > "Armed men attacked Narido in Kaduna, killing over 30, including women and children. SOKAPU urges urgent security measures to protect rural communities from violence." Source: https://www.legit.ng/nigeria/1721726-tragedy-armed-men-kill-30-people-fresh-kaduna-attacks/ ### unlabelled - **Premium Times Nigeria** (Nigeria, en) — Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/898645-30-killed-in-kaduna-attack-sokapu.html - **The Print (India)** (India, en) — Source: https://theprint.in/world/at-least-30-killed-in-village-attack-in-nigerias-kaduna-residents-say/2998648/ - **Punch Nigeria** (Nigeria, en) — Source: https://punchng.com/terrorists-kill-30-in-fresh-kaduna-community-attack/ - **Punch Nigeria** (Nigeria, en) — Source: https://punchng.com/atiku-slams-fg-over-kaduna-killings/ - **The Cable (Nigeria)** (Nigeria, en) — Source: https://www.thecable.ng/gunmen-kill-30-people-during-attack-on-kaduna-village/ - **Premium Times Nigeria** (Nigeria, en) — Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/898614-amnesty-international-condemns-kaduna-killings-2.html - **Punch Nigeria** (Nigeria, en) — Source: https://punchng.com/30-killed-houses-burnt-in-fresh-kaduna-terror-attack/ - **The Cable (Nigeria)** (Nigeria, en) — Source: https://www.thecable.ng/heartbreaking-and-unacceptable-atiku-decries-attack-on-kaduna-village/ ### Nigeria's largest-circulation daily; the first report carrying President Tinubu's formal condemnation and his order to security forces to hunt the perpetrators, marking the first presidential-level response to the Naridon attack - **Punch Nigeria** (Nigeria, en) — Punch Nigeria reported President Tinubu's formal condemnation of the Naridon attack and his order to Nigerian security forces to hunt the perpetrators; the report marked the first presidential-level response, ending the more than 24-hour silence from federal authorities that had characterised earlier coverage. > "President Tinubu condemns the barbaric Kaduna attack in Naridon Village, vowing justice for victims and ordering security forces to hunt perpetrators." Source: https://punchng.com/tinubu-condemns-kaduna-attack-orders-hunt-of-perpetrators/ ## Across the graph - Related: [[nigeria-tinubu-obi-retire-0727]] - Entities: Nigeria --- Canonical: https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nigeria-kaduna-naridon-0727