Bandits Kill 48, Set Houses Ablaze In Kaduna Community
No fewer than 48 bodies have been recovered from Gwaska village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, following Saturday attack on the community by bandits.
The gunmen also killed the Sarkin Fawa (Head of local vigilante) who was on his way back to the village.
The bandits attacked Gwaska village about 2:30 p.m., residents of the council said.
This came barely 48 hours after the Inspector-General of Police, IGP and Mohammed Mohammed, General Officer Commanding (GOC), 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, visited Birnin Gwari.
Following the latest attack, Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Sunday, evening announced that the Federal Government had agreed to deploy a permanent army battalion in the troubled area.
Meanwhile, the Kaduna State Police commissioner, Austin Iwar, Sunday, confirmed that 45 villagers were killed by bandits in Birnin Gwari.
