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Seven people have been confirmed dead while two children missing in Ungwan Bido village, Jama’a Local government Area of Kaduna State. This was as a result of an early morning attack on Sunday by suspected militia Herdsmen. The attackers also burnt down four houses.
Residents told TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) that the attackers stormed the village around 3am on Sunday.
For its part, Kaduna State goverment believe it was a repraisal attack.
State Commissioner for Internal Security and home affairs, Samuel Aruwan disclosed this to Journalists in Kaduna on Sunday. According to Aruwan, the state government received a report from the headquarters of operation safe heaven which indicates that one herder named Isiyaka Saidu was allegedly killed in the in Ungwan Pah an area around Bido Village.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has since directed the State Emergency Management Agency to, as a matter of urgency, provide relief materials to citizens whose houses were burnt as well as those injured in the attack.