the state following the death of six children and a woman in a reprisal
attack on some herders’ settlements in the Kaura and Lere Local
Government Areas of Kaduna State.
The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel
Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.
Aruwan said Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai was worried by the renewed
killings.
The attack came barely 24 hours after seven persons were killed in an
attack on Gora Gan village of the Zangon Kataf LGA of the state on
Thursday night.
The commissioner identified those killed in the reprisal attacks as
Mustapha Haruna (One-year-old), Ya’u Kada (One-year-old), Sa’idu
Abdullahi (One-year-old), Zainab Zakari (One-year-old), Sadiya Abdullahi
(Five years), and Aisha Abdullahi (One-year-old), while an unidentified
woman was burnt beyond recognition.
Aruwan added that two persons were injured during the attacks, while
five other persons were still missing.
The statement reads, “The military, under the auspices of Operation Safe
Haven and the police, have informed the Kaduna State Government of
counter-attacks on some herder settlements in Kauru and Lere local
government areas.
“According to the operational feedback from the security agencies,
aggrieved youths carried out the attacks following the killing of seven
persons on Thursday night in Gora Gan, Zangon Kataf local government.
“The security agencies reported that seven herders were killed in a
counter killing in Ungwan Idi and Kasheku villages of Kauru local
government while two herders were injured at Ningi village of Lere local
government.
“Five persons are still missing, and troops are searching for them in
the general area. Six huts were burnt in the attack. Aisha Mohammed (20
years) and Sadiya Abdullahi (25 years) who were wounded in the Kauru LGA
reprisal attack are receiving medical attention at Ungwan Idi Clinic.
“At Ningi village of Lere local government area, the two herders were
injured and rushed to General Hospital, Saminaka, in the same local
government: Bingel Odi (31 years) and Isa Joda (seven years).”