The Kaduna state police command, Tuesday, said 21 persons were killed while 50 cows were rustled in an attack by armed bandits in Banono and Anguwan Aku in Kajuru local government area of the state
The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo, said three other persons were injured while ten houses were burnt by the bandits, who he said “came in large numbers on motor bikes”. No arrest has been made.
Sabo said the said incident happened on April 8, at about 0930Hours.
“We received a distress call that a group of armed men in large number on motor bikes entered Banono and Anguwan Aku both are remote neighbouring villages in Kufana district of Kajuru LGA.
“The attackers started shooting sporadically attacking the villagers and in the process shot and killed twenty one persons, injured three others and destroyed ten 10 houses.
” The bandits also rustled about 50 cows,” he said.
Sabo stated that a combined teams of Police Mobile Force personnel, conventional Police, Army and the local Vigilante were promptly mobilised to the area.
He said they repelled the attack and evacuated both the dead and the injured to hospital.
While efforts, according to him, are on to apprehend the fleeing criminals, reinforcement of more Police Operatives have been drafted to the area for intensive combing and patrol with a view to forestall further breakdown of law and order/reprisal and arrest the perpetrators.
Sabo said that CP Ahmad Abdurrahman, the Commissioner of Police, is saddened by this attack and has reiterated the Command’s commitment to apprehend the culprits.
“He sincerely condoled the affected families on the irreparable losses.
“The command appeals to members of the public to continue to assist the Police with useful information that could help in addressing these challenges and for the possible arrest of these criminals,” Sabo said.
