Burial rites for the dead in Zamfara
The Police have confirmed Saturday attack on Kura Falls community in Gashish District, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.
ASP Terna Tyopev, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Jos.
He said that three persons were killed by unknown gunmen during the attack.
According to him, the attacks occurred on Friday night and Saturday morning.
“We received information this morning at about 7 a.m. that residents of Kura Falls were attacked at about 9:30 p.m. and the early hours of Saturday by unknown gunmen.
“This resulted in the death of three persons identified as Dawala Bullet, 30; Fidelis Richard, 31; and Iliya Doro, 60.
“We have mobilised to the area to ensure normalcy and quell any further attack and breach of the law,” Tyopev said.
The PPRO said investigations were ongoing to track and arrest the perpetrators who must be made to face Justice.
Meanwhile, the Public Relations officer of the Zamfara State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, DSP Muhammad Shehu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Gusau that bandits killed 15 persons in a village called Zakuna, in the Anka Local Government Area, barely one week after the killing of 26 people in a community in Nigeria’s north west state.
Shehu said that the attackers invaded Zakuna in the early hour of June 1 and stole cows belonging to villagers.
According to him, a vigilance group known as Yansakai challenged the rustlers, forcing them to flee only for the bandits to reinforce and attack the village, killing 15 people.
“On receiving the reports of the attack, the police mobilised to the village and discovered 15 bodies, majority of whom were Yansakai.
“The police have, however, deployed heavy security to the area to maintain peace and stability.
“Bush combing and rigorous patrol is being carried out throughout the area by the police to avoid further loss of lives.”
Shehu said that the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Kenneth Ebrimson, had ordered discreet investigation on the latest incident to catch the perpetrators and bring them to justice.
He pleaded with communities in the state not to relent in providing information to security operatives to end the deadly attacks in the state.
On May 25, some communities in Gidangoga District in the Maradun Local Government Area of the state were similarly attacked by bandits, resulting to the death of 26 people, with three others injured.
(NAN)
