No fewer that six persons have been allegedly killed by armed Fulani invaders who laid siege to Unguwan Magaji village, Kamaru Chawai ward, Kauru Local Government Area (LGA), in the Southern part of Kaduna State.
Several houses are also said to have been razed.
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), who raised an alarm over fresh Killings which took place on Sunday, also lamented incessant Kidnappings in the community, the latest being the kidnap of one Mr. Jack Uwenke and his wife from their Gbagy villa home, an expansive suburb of Kaduna.
In a statement signed by its National Public Relations Officer, Mr. Luka Binniyat, the union while explaining the various incidences disclosed that the assailants burnt down 36 houses.
According to the union, the invaders came by 6:45pm Sunday, from behind the hills that serve as the boundary of Kaduna state and Ganawuri, plateau State, were numbered over a 100.
“They attacked from four flanks causing confusion and pandemonium among unsuspecting villagers as village youths tried to fend them off.
Mr. Biniyat said it took the bravery of youths of the village who put up strong resistance to the invaders before they were made to retreat.
“After about 30 minutes of violence the following were unfortunately killed: Mrs. Hanatu Joseph 58, mother of 5 Children; Mrs. Sarah Sunday, 40, who left behind her husband and 6 Children.
The others are Mrs. Dije Sajay, 55, married with 6 children and Mr. Sunday David, 47 married with 7 children. He was a retrenched civil servant.
The attackers targeted food stores and bans of grains, making sure they burnt as much as they could. This is to ostensibly cause starvation, especially under this lockdown from the coronavirus.
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“One of the attackers was found dead and information retrieved from his his phone have been passed to the police.
Police and Soldiers came into Unguwan Magaji only this morning around 9a.m and saw the corpse of the dead herdsman, which they later took away.
Meanwhile, early this month, one Ibrahim Atiga, 42, a native of Unguwan Magaji, was killed by herdsmen on his way to the farm and has since been buried.
Also, in an unrelated development, kidnappers broke into the home of Mr. Jack Uwenke of Gbagy villa and kidnapped him ànd his wife on the 16th, April, 2020 and one Sabastine Stephen, a student of Kaura Namoda, Polythecnic was killed by the rampaging kidnappers.
The union is therefore calling on the police to take the lead and carry out a scrupulous forensic investigation and make their findings public.
“We shall keep a keen eye on this and we call on the general public to also show interest.
So far, about 320 persons have been displaced from the attack and are in dire need of assistance.”
The union recalled that on the November 13, 2015, armed herdsmen carried out coordinated attacks on Unguwan Magaji and five other neighbouring villages in which 37 persons were killed, 202 homes razed and the only Church, a Catholic church was burnt down.
They are therefore calling on their communities to remain vigilante “against forces of evil who don’t seem to care about the pendamic hanging over mankind in their quest for the blood of the innocent” and called on government to wake up to its cardinal responsibility of securing lives and property.
