The death toll in herdsmen attacks on four villages in
southern Kaduna has risen from 22 to 26
The attacks were carried out in Kaura and Jema’a local
government areas.
The group, Atakad Development Association, confirmed the
recovery of four more corpses and the death of another victim.
This was just as the Kaduna State Police Commissioner, Mr.
Agyole Abeh, on Tuesday, confirmed that he lost two of his men in last Sunday’s
attack on Bakin Kogo village of Jema’a Local Government Area.
Meanwhile, a 24-hour curfew has been imposed on the two
local government areas in southern Kaduna, following a fresh attack by
suspected Fulani herdsmen in the area.
Suspected Fulani herdsmen had between Sunday and the early
hours of Monday, invaded four communities in southern Kaduna, killing people
and destroying property.
The attacks had claimed 22 lives while several houses were
razed.
The villages affected in the renewed attack included Ashim,
Nissi and Zilan in the Atakad district of Kaura Local Government Area.
Also affected was Bakin Kogi in the Goska district of Jama’a
Local Government Area, southern Kaduna.
Following the attacks, the Garrison Commander, 1 Division of
the Nigerian Army, Kaduna, and the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police
relocated to the troubled part of the state.
The Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to Governor Nasir
el-Rufai, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, explained that the measure was to enable the
Garrison Commander, Brig.-Gen. Ismaila Isa, and the state Commissioner of
Police, Agyole Abeh, see things for
themselves and proffer security solutions to the crisis.
But on Tuesday, Aruwan announced the imposition of a 24-hour
curfew on the two local governments of Jema’ah and Kaura by the state
government.
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