2 killed, 9 kidnapped in Kaduna village
Unidentified gun men have killed two people in Tsohuwar Gwari village in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state. A source from the village said the gunmen invaded the village around 12 midnight on Saturday and kidnapped nine people, including a newly-wedded bride.
He added that three of those abducted managed to escape.
“They killed two people on the spot and kidnapped nine, even though three people were able to escape,” he said.
He called on the government to, as a matter of urgency, come to the aide of the people.
Aliyu Mukhtar, spokesman of the Kaduna state police command, confirmed the incident but did not go into details.
The tragic incident occurred less than one week after 11 soldiers killed in the area were buried.
On Saturday, Zubairu Gwari, emir of Birnin Gwari, asked his subjects to defend themselves against those invading their communities.
In an interview the Emir giving the reasons why he asked the people to defend themselves said that it would amount to fool hardiness to sit down, fold their arms and get killed without doing anything.
According to him, when the people take up the issue of security themselves, they were likely to kill more bandits who harass them in their villages and towns than security operatives could do.
“A month ago, in one area called Aguwan Gajere the bandits attacked the village and the villagers fought back, in the process they killed more bandits than the people of the town.
“All of a sudden, we were told that the people who came were Fulani men, and Miyetti Allah was in the vanguard of protecting them.
“what we e have been preaching to our people is that they should not sit down like fools and watch themselves and their families get killed. If you can do anything to protect themselves. And that is what we are doing now, because the policemen that in Birnin Gwari cannot protect. The soldiers that are being brought come and sometimes make matters worse.”
One of the 23 local government areas in Kaduna, Birinin Gwari has recorded a high level of insecurity in recent times.
