The Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’ Aziz Yari, has described the killing of twenty-nine people in a community in Shinkafi Local Government Area of the state as inhumane.
The governor was speaking on Saturday when he visited the scene of the incident to condole with the victims and assess the level of damage done.
Spokesman for the state police command, Muhammad Shehu said the victims were ambushed by bandits while on their way from a local market in Kwari village in the Local Government Area.
Following a distress call, the DPO quickly led a joint team of PMF/CTU and military to the scene of the incident discovering thirteen corpses were found, while sixteen other corpses mostly members of civilian JTF were later discovered littered as the surrounding bush was combed by the joint security operatives.
The attack is said to have occurred on Thursday, February 28, 2019, but the information was only made public on Saturday.
