BEVERLY HILLS, September 12, (THEWILL) – Sixty two year old widow, Cecilia Ishaya (mother of six) and fifty-six year old Iliya Sunday were yesterday killed in Atyap chiefdom in the Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna state.
A statement by the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, SOKAPU, however said the situation would have been worse if not for the prompt intervention of troops keeping the peace in the area. The union says armed men of Fulani extraction invaded the locality Saturday morning, to cause the mayhem. “Several houses have been burnt in the locality and several valuables carted away”, it added.
However, the Hausa/Fulani community in the area is also crying foul over the killing of some of them. They alleged that three of their people were killed by Atyap youth in their Ruga on Tuesday.
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