The Chairman of MACBAN in Southern Kaduna, Alhaji Abdulhamid Musa Albarka, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, has claimed that three Fulani herders were killed in the renewed Southern Kaduna killings, while 8 cows belonging to the Fulani were poisoned.
Alhaji Albarka alleged that “one herdsman, Yusuf Mamuda, 16, was found dead on Sunday at Zaman Dabo District in Atyap Chiefdom in Zango Kataf, with his head cut off and taken away by the killers.
“Another man in company of his brother was killed in Atyap when he stopped to buy petrol for his motorcycle.”
Another herdsman, Amadu Surubu, was killed when some armed youth attacked Bakin Kogi Market in Kauru Local Government Area on Monday while 8 cows were poisoned in Fadama Area in the Local Government.”
Similarly, the Youth Leader of the Atyap Chiefdom, Gabriel Joseph, said attackers invaded Kurmin Masara in the chiefdom on January 11 and killed three persons, “ they burnt a house and a police vehicle.”
‘Gov el-Rufai sad’
Meanwhile, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, had earlier in a statement, appealed to those who lost their relations and loved ones to allow security forces and government to manage the situation as investigations had commenced.
According to Aruwan, Governor Nasir el-Rufa’i had expressed his sadness at the reports and was not happy over the fresh killings in the area.
“He expressed deep concern that despite the efforts and hard work of the government, security forces and other critical stakeholders to ensure the gradual return of peace, the killings had caused a setback which must not be allowed to gain ground,” he added.
