Chairman of the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mr. Emmanuel Adamu, said on Wednesday that the death toll in the attacks on some villages in the council area had risen to 66.
A raid of two villages in the local government area by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Monday night left no fewer than 38 persons dead while scores sustained injuries.
Adamu said the number of dead casualties had risen to 66 by 6.00pm on Tuesday with 28 more persons dead.
The council chairman, who spoke in a statement on Wednesday, announced that a 24-hour curfew had been imposed in the area.
Adamu said the imposition of the curfew became necessary because of more killings and the rising tension in the area.
The attacks were carried out simultaneously in the villages of Ankpon in Nandu district and Kabamu in Fadan Karshi, both in the Numana district in the Sanga council area of the state.
Meanwhile, a Senator representing the Southern Kaduna Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Nenadi Usman, on Wednesday condemned the killing in Sanga.
Usman described the killings in Nandu and Fadan Karshi as “unfortunate.”
The senator said the activities of the gunmen must be checked to forestall further carnage in the area and she called for immediate deployment of security operatives in the affected communities.
She said that all efforts to find a lasting peace in the area had been frustrated by the “senseless killings” of the people of Southern Kaduna, particularly the vulnerable women and children in the area.
While calling for calm, the senator urged the people of the area to make available useful information to security operatives to aid the arrest of those carrying out the dastardly act.
She said she would continue to do everything within her reach, including resolutions on the floor of the Senate, to find lasting solution to the killings in the southern part of the state. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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