Kajuru_Castle

Kajuru Castle

Kajuru Castle

Modern castle in Nigeria

Kajuru Castle is a luxury villa, built between the years 1981 and 1989, at Kajuru (Ajure) village in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria.[1] It was built by a German expatriate in Nigeria, living in Kaduna at the time.[2]

View of Kajuru Castle

The castle is located at about 45 km from Kaduna on a mountaintop in Kajuru (Ajure) village, Kaduna State. Built with 1 meter thick granite stone in a fanciful medieval-inspired Romanesque style, it is adorned with turrets, an armory and a dungeon.

The castle is privately owned, and has the capacity to host 150 guests.[3]

Architecture

The castle is often described as an African version of the Bavarian Castle in a grand 19th-century Romanesque revival style. It has a baronial styled hall, coupled with dungeons and towers lined with crenellated walls. The castle also has a big “knight’s hall” and a landlord (masters) residence and several other rooms over its three floors.[4]

Incident

On 19 April 2019, unidentified terrorists armed with heavy weapons broke into the castle,[5] killing two people, a British communication specialist[6] and a Nigerian assistant for NGO company Mercy Corps.[7] The unidentified terrorists also kidnapped three others.[8]

Later on, the kidnapped hostages were released after an intervention by the Nigerian police.[9][10]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Hotels.ng. "Kajuru Castle". Kajuru Castle | Hotel in Kaduna | Hotels.ng. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  2. [2]
    Wale-Ojo, Lanre (Sep 20, 2017). "Kajuru Castle: Nigeria's Hidden Haven In Kaduna". Tribune. Tribune. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  3. [3]
    "All you need to know about planning a day trip to Kajuru castle". Pulse NG. Pulse. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  4. [4]
    Johnson, Elizabeth Ofosuah. "The Beautiful Kajuru Castle in Nigeria Promises a Taste of 19th-Century Royalty". Face2FaceAfrica. Face2FaceAfrica. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Terror attack on Kajuru Castle". Punch Newspapers. 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  6. [6]
    "British aid worker killed by gunmen at a holiday resort in Nigeria". CNN. Cable News Network. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  7. [7]
    "What we know about Mathew Oguche, Nigerian killed in Kaduna attack". BBC News UK. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  8. [8]
    "British Woman Killed by Gunmen at Nigerian Holiday Resort". BBC News UK. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  9. [9]
    "Why Nigeria Needs To Reclaim Kajuru Castle". Independent Newspaper Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  10. [10]
    "Three people kidnapped in Kajuru castle freed – Police | Premium Times Nigeria". 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

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