Bandits on Saturday night stormed Kaya village in Fatika district of Kaduna’s Giwa local government area and killed 15 people, burnt 11 shops and five vehicles.
It was gathered that the incident occurred around 8pm on Saturday and residents say they fear the attack is a likely reprisal on Friday’s attack on the home of a warlord and the killing of three of his relatives by residents of the village.
A resident, Ibrahim Ahmed Fatika who visited Kaya on Sunday morning told our correspondent that eight of the residents killed were indigenes of Kaya village while the remaining seven including a trailer driver who brought chicken manure were visitors.
Ahmed said that the Janazah prayer for eight of the victims was performed in the morning and said about 10 military personnel have now been stationed in the village. He said vehicles burnt include three Golfs, a 406 and a bus while furniture shops were equally torched.
Another resident of the village, Abdu Saidu told our correspondent that the attack was linked to the burning of the house of an alleged warlord called Filani and the killing of three of his relatives on Saturday.
He said Filani’s gang was suspected to have abducted five persons including a soon-to-be bride from neighbouring Kaura village adding that the people of Kaura had sought help from residents of Kaya.
“On their way to render assistance, one of the villagers from Kaya went missing,” said Saidu, adding that: “When they couldn’t rescue the abducted victims, they suspected Filani’s gang was behind it and so they went to his house and set it ablaze. They also matchetted his brother who was later taken to the hospital but referred to a general hospital.”
Saidu further said when the villagers found the corpse of their missing companion on Saturday morning, they then ambushed Filani’s brother and two other relatives while on their way to the hospital, killed them and later burnt their remains.
The Kaduna state Police Command when contacted on Sunday asked for time to gather details of the incident before responding.
(Daily Trust)
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