6 feared Dead in Fresh Southern Kaduna attack

The people of Nindem village in Godogodo Chiefdom of Jenma’a local government area of Kaduna State were still mourning the death of four members of the community killed by a  gunman friday night, another attack was launched at Ungwan Mailafiya in Kwagiri District of Gwong Chiefdom of a similar authorities going six persons dead.

The attack drawing near the eve of Dec 25 was harking back to the sad attack at Goska on the eve of last year’s Christmas celebration where many persons were killed.

The state Police promotion Officer (PPRO), Aliyu Mukhtar, couldn't ensure the event as he didn't choose his calls or reply the text message sent to his mobile line as at the time of filing this report.

But member representing Jema’a/ Sanga Federal body within the House of Representatives, Shehu Nicholas Garba, in a very statement yesterday condemned the attack, job on the protection personnel and Governor Nasir El-Rufai to try to to one thing desperately.

He said, “it was with deep shock and concern that I received the news of the attack on Nindem Village in Godogodo Chiefdom at concerning 10pm on weekday, Dec twenty two, 2017.

“In this attack, four persons were killed and ten others were critically blistered. The dead were buried the subsequent day underneath the watch of the protection personnel.

“The wounded area unit presently being attended to at the Throneroom Hospital in Kafanchan whereas different severe cases are spoken JUTH in Jos.

“While we have a tendency to were mourning the deaths at Nindem, at concerning 10pm on Dec 24 on Sunday, the protection personnel received distress calls of another attack at Ungwan Mailafiya in Kwagiri District of Gwong Chiefdom.

“By dawn on Dec 25, six persons are confirmed killed as well as a toddler of concerning six years previous and plenty of others blistered.


“These recent attacks defy all human logic as there seems to be no immediate trigger
That these attacks happened on the eve of Christmas could be a demonstration of the entire contempt of the perpetrators of the solemnity of this season. “We had thought that the relative peace that had been witnessed over the past months, arising from efforts of well-meaning people and bodies, was reaching to translate into a permanent peace that our folks urgently want.

“Unfortunately, it seems that some persons or cluster, area unit bent perpetuating violence and turning our up to now|yet|til now|until now} peaceful communities into a theatre of war for reasons not yet clear to all or any peaceful folks

“As a representative of those communities and an individual's being, these incidents area unit painful and stand completely condemned. we'll still promote the virtues of peace and harmonious co-existence amongst all our communities.

“I am appealing to the protection agencies to quickly investigate the newest incidents with a read to apprehending and transfer the perpetrators to justice.

“I am additionally appealing to Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State, to make sure that these latest incidents don't go the method of comparable previous incidents wherever the perpetrators were ne'er appreciated.

“There isn't any doubt that the freedom that has followed previous incidents has continuing to cheer the murderers whose agenda is however to be unravelled.

“I am additionally job on the authorities to enrich our efforts in rendering help to the blistered.

“We area unit job on all Nigerians and therefore the international community to require a special notice of the happenings and plight of our communities that area unit daily being decimated by forces that the state has persistently did not unearth.”

He, however, urged the affected communities to stay calm and avoid embarking on any type of violent reaction whereas expecting the protection personnel to act.