Kaduna: Terrorists kill 50, raze houses

Some suspected terrorists have reportedly killed 50 while several people were said to have been kidnapped across nine villages in Giwa Local Government of Kaduna State.

The affected villages, according to a source, are Dillalai, Zango Tama, Kaya, Barebari, Anguwan Bakko, Gidan Alhajin Kida, Kadanya and Durumi, among others.

The hoodlums razed houses, vehicles as well as motorcycles and rustled over 100 cows during the attacks.

Although the State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mohammad Jalige, did not take our correspondent’s telephone call when contacted over the attack, he confirmed it to other journalists in Kaduna.

He noted that the command had yet to full details of the attacks in terms of the actual casualty figures recorded during the incidents across the said villages.

“We are still waiting for the full details of the incident from the Divisional Police Officer, Giwa and the Area Commander Zaria,” he said.

A source told our correspondent that the bandits in large numbers also burnt church at Zango Tama village in the same local government area (Giwa).

He said scores of the victims who sustained gunshot wounds were taken to the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika in Zaria for urgent medical attention.

He said, “The villages affected were Dillalai, Zango Tama, Kaya, Barebari, Anguwan Bakko, Gidan Alhajin Kida, Kadanya and Durumi.

“Dillalai was worst hit by the attack where about 15 people were reported to be killed, with five commercial trucks and five houses burnt. The bandits also burnt a church at Zangon Tama village, all in Giwa local government area.” Punch