Armed Men Kill 3, Cart Away Livestock, Foodstuff – SOKAPU
BY AMOS TAUNA, KADUNA – Armed herdsmen at the weekend stormed Kikwari village in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state where they shot dead three persons and carted away livestock and foodstuff, according to the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU).
Disclosing this in a press statement signed by the National Public Relations of the Union, Mr Luka Binniyat, and made available to Forefront, the attackers also burnt down the village.
Those killed, the statement added, are “Ado Maisamari, 56, who was married with eight children; Titus Amos, 27, married with three children and Habila Amos, 25 married with a child.”
Lamenting on the inability of the security agencies to bring the murderers to book, the union said that the killers, who were dressed in military uniforms, are yet to be arrested and still roaming the street free.
“Meanwhile, three Adara youths have been killed by persons fully kitted in army uniform. No fewer than 12 Adara youths were also taken away, while few managed to escape.
“The youths had coordinated themselves into a vigilante group to pursue the herdsmen that had unleashed destruction and deaths on Kujeni village when they came under the surprise attack of the armed uniformed men who also had herdsmen among them
“Those killed are Maigida Maisama and Yahuda Mallam. Some of the missing persons are Bako Machu, Isaiah Bako,Timothy Musa, Hakuri Maigid
Apolo Ali, Emmanuel Maikasa, Haruna Dogo,Titus Ahmadu, Caleb Bakinpa, Tanimu Ami, Samuel Usman and Maigida Gamashewa.
“While searching for the missing youths, the phone number of one of them was called and it was answered by a Fulani man. In a sarcastic response the man said that some Adara youths have been captured by them. He told the callers that they should meet them in the forest to collect the youth. Subsequent calls to the number have not been connecting.
“We are calling on Kaduna and the Federal government to intensify search for our missing young men to reduce the mounting tension in our communities.”
On Saturday, 25th April, 2020, the Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, convened a meeting of critical stakeholders in Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA). Aruwan had reiterated the resolve of Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai to deal decisively with persons or group engage in violence.
Apart from warning against what he considered ‘self-help’, he insisted that communities that come under attack must report to the police and not take the laws into their hands.
