By Chris Udochukwu
Abuja (Precise Post) – Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 Presidential election and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said that attach that resulted to the killing of scores of people is one attack too many.
Atiku who took to his twitter handle said the #EndInsecurity should be more than a hashtag; it should be a commitment to the protection of the life and property of the people of the region.
Recall that bandits have killed 22 people in Tungar Kwana village of Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State Tuesday night.
An indigene of the village, Malam Ahmed Mohammed, told newsmen that the bandits numbering over 100 invaded the village around 11 pm where they began to shoot people indiscriminately.
He stated, “Twenty-two people including children and women were killed instantly, while other people escaped to the forest.
Mohammed also said that many people were wounded as a result of gunshots and were currently in the hospital for treatment.
The bandits, according to him had also stolen a large number of animals.
“They took away many cows, sheep, and goats as well as foodstuffs,” Said Mohammed.
He Maintained that the village has been deserted for fear of the return of the bandits who he said had been attacking the people of the village in the past.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the police command, SP Mohammed Shehu, said, “The police have confirmed the killing of 20 people in that village but not 22.”
Shehu explained that the bandits were targeting the villagers because they ( villagers) gave useful information to the security agents which led to the killing of several bandits last week.
“The villagers told the security agents useful information about some bandits who rustled cows last week and the information had assisted greatly in locating and killing many of them.
“Since that time, the bandits were targeting the villagers in order to avenge the killing of their people.”
He said that the police command had drafted its personnel in order to arrest those bandits and bring them to justice.
