Lord take control of Nigeria's situation. After series of herdsmen
and bandit attacks, the Nigeria police, Zamfara state command has recovered
twenty-three corpses of people allegedly killed during attacks in the state.......
The corpses were recovered
from a forest in Zurmi local government area of the state.
The spokesman of the state
police command, Muhammed Shehu, said the police got information that bodies had
been seen in the forest, The Cable reports.
Shehu said: "Our team
of operatives was there and it recovered the bodies. Discreet investigation has
commenced in earnest and the perpetrators will soon be fished out."
The police, however said
the victims were likely not residents of the area as no one could identify
them.
An anonymous resident in
Boko village close to the scene of the discovery claimed the victims were
killed by local vigilante known as “Yan Sa kai.”
“The forest here has become
a safe haven for criminals and when the local vigilantes saw the men, they
engaged them in a fight and killed them,” the local was quoted to have said.
“We can’t actually
ascertain their place of origin or where they were heading to.
“Recently, about 10 herds
of cattle were stolen and the vigilantes are working to protect the communities
from attacks by the rustlers and they won’t spare any criminal.”
The remains have reportedly
been buried as investigations continue.
Recall that NAIJ.com
earlier reported that Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara state said he had
dropped his responsibility as chief security officer of the state as he had no
control over security machinery in the state.
Speaking to newsmen in
Talata-Mafara on Friday, June 15, Yari said that his decision stemmed from the seeming
helplessness of the state government and the people over recurring killings in
the state.
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