KADUNA— NO fewer than 110
victims of Monday and Tuesday’s killings in Sanga Local Government Area
of Kaduna State were, yesterday, given mass burial.
Chairman of the local government, Mr. Emmanuel Adamu confirmed this development in a telephone interview with Vanguard.
The
National Chairman of Ninzom Progressive Youth, Mr. Bezard Wuyah, who
also confirmed the mass burial, said those buried included an unnamed
Igbo trader and his wife. The victims were buried in a parcel of land
between Gwantu Kurmi and Kobin near the local government.
Speaking
on the issue, Adamu said: “We have just finished giving 110 people mass
burial this (yesterday) afternoon. We had no choice, because their
corpses were decomposing as a result of poor facilities at the
hospitals.
“However, not all the dead were given mass burial. Some
families were able to identify their loved ones, so they were allowed to
take the bodies away. I cannot give the number of bodies taken away by
families.
“All those that are injured will be treated by Sanga Local
Government free of charge. Normalcy has returned with the beefing up of
security in the area. Today (yesterday) we got eight Toyota Hilux loads
of soldiers from Kaduna, who have come to join those already on ground.
“I want to appeal to all the people of Sanga to please forgive and
leave vengeance to Almighty God. I beg everyone to remain law abiding,
but vigilant.”
On his part, Wuyah said: “This (yesterday) afternoon,
our people who were killed without provocation were buried in a mass
grave between Gwantu Kurmi and Kobin.
“It was not only our people
that were killed. I am told that an Igbo man, who had lived long in
Kobin, was killed along with his wife and his shop burnt by the Fulani
herdsmen.
“Our land has been desecrated and we are deeply mourning.
We do not expect the government to treat this with levity by taking our
peaceful and law abiding nature for granted.”
Meanwhile, the 24 hour curfew imposed on the area is still in force.
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