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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