The Killing of Family of Seven in a Kaduna Village

Armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have killed a family of seven during an early morning attack in Ungwar Kajit village of Manchok in Kaura Local Government of Kaduna State, North-West Nigeria.

Indigenes of the community said that the gunmen stormed the area and began their operation around 1am on Friday morning, killing a family of seven.

Armed Policemen and soldiers stationed in the area arrived at the scene hours later, but the killers had escaped before their arrival.

Angry youths from the community were said to have protested the continuous attacks on them by gun men when the Kaduna State Governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Yero visited the area to commiserate with them over the incident.

The angry youths were reported to have booed the governor and pelted his convoy with stones, accusing him of failing to adopt security measures to check the attacks.

But the governor’s Director General on Media and Publicity, Ahmed Maiyaki, in a telephone interview with THISDAY denied that the governor’s convoy was pelted with stones , saying that although the people were angry, they did not throw stones or booed at  the governor.

“It is true that we went in a condition that was tense. Women and youths were protesting, carrying leaves, but no one threw a stone at our convoy”, Maiyaki said.

The rampaging gunmen were said to have killed Mr. Sunday Abin, 47 and his tongue was removed, while his wife and their five children were said to have been mutilated with machetes.

Several people were said to have sustained injuries from gunshots, while many houses and food stuffs were reportedly set ablaze.

The Kaduna State Police Commissioner, Mr Olufunke Adenaike and the spokesman of the State Police Command, DSP, Aminu Lawan, could not be reached on phone to confirm the incident.

However, Maiyaki, in a statement said Governor Yero visited the scene of the incident in Ungwar  Kajit, near Manchok.

The statement said the governor condemned the attack and prayed that God should expose the perpetrators.

"We pray that God should expose the people that are causing this problem. We pray that God should touch their hearts to stop such dastardly acts or destroy their evil machinations."

"We are going to look at ways of dealing with this situation, because this community is porous and we must find way to improve security" the statement reported Yero as saying.

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