Local: Herdsmen kill 17 people in the village of Kaduna

Herdsmen who invaded the village of Gonan Rogo in Kajuru, Kaduna State Local Government on Tuesday were reported to have killed seventeen people and five people were wounded.

Also unknown gunmen in the village of Sabon-Jero in Kaduna were also allegedly reported to have abducted two sisters.

However, the Kaduna State Police Command is yet to confirm the incident, but the President of the Adara Development Association (ADA), Mr Awema Maisamari, confirmed that the 17 people were killed in Gonan-Rogo village, Kufana District, Kajuru Local government Area of the state.

He said: the killing was in the early hours of Tuesday when gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen, invaded the community.

Some houses were also set ablaze by the bandits as the villagers, who were woken by the sound of gunshots, scampered for safety in different directions.

The attackers were herdsmen, they invaded the community at about 1:00 am on Tuesday and started killing people. 12 people were killed on the spot, the corpses of others were recovered in the bush. There are those who sustained injuries.

The bandits came to the village in large number, armed with guns, machetes and knives. Some of the villagers were killed with guns while others were hacked to death with machetes.

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About two hours after the bandits fled, the security personnel manning a checkpoint not too far from the community came. But they did not enter the community, they just stayed.

The Kaduna Police Command Spokesman, Muhammad Jalige, said he was going to find out and report back to the journalists.

He also said he was going to return to the abducted sisters of the Sabon-Jero community, New Millennium City, Chikun State Local Government.

Smart Updates gathered that the two sisters were kidnapped Monday night when the gunmen stormed Sabon-Jero community.

A member of the community, Adamu Murtala, told Vanguard “the kidnappers stormed the village around 9:40 pm. The kidnappers targeted the house because its owner was not at home. Only his wife, her younger sister, and children were in the house. So, they broke in and kidnapped the woman and her younger sister.”

Soldiers rushed to the scene, but the attackers had already kidnapped the two women, and since they were armed, they were able to flee with the hostages.