KAFANCHAN It was another weekend of killings as the Adamawa State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed the killing of three policemen and the disappearance of two others in an attack by suspected herdsmen in Demsa Local Government Area of the state.
The attackers were later overpowered by the army, as scores were killed, while many escaped with bullet wounds. Meanwhile, in Kaduna State, two persons were killed, while two are missing after a gun battle between Police and herdsmen in Stonje village, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna, Senator Danjuma Laah (PDP, Southern Kaduna) said yesterday, in a statement in Kaduna.
Similarly, five people were killed by herdsmen in Abraka, Delta State.
The Kaduna CAN said it thought the increased number of security personnel was enough to curb the killings. On its part, Kaduna State Police Command said it was not yet ready with a comment over the violence. Meanwhile, Christians in Kaduna State, yesterday, attended church services mostly dressed in black attires in obedience to the directive given by CAN, to commemorate a day of prayer and mourning over the killings in the Christian dominated parts of Southern Kaduna.
Sen. Laah Senator Laah said: “Today (yesterday), as we observe the National Morning Day ordered by CAN, over the unabated killings of law-abiding citizens of Nigeria in Southern Kaduna and the forceful taking of their lands, I wish to sadly inform again, that two persons were killed yesterday by the same marauding herdsmen. “The death of these two men, identified as Ephraim Ezekiel, 19, and Joshua Ladi, 41, occurred 24 hours, after gun battle between the terrorists on one hand and the Nigeria police and local vigilante as the Fulani terrorists tried to overrun a village called Tsonje.