The Katsina State Government is to set up a commission of inquiry on Thursday’s terrorist ambush within the Kankara Local Government Area of the state which led to the demise of 41 individuals whereas two have been injured.
Governor Aminu Masari’s Special Adviser on Security Matters, Mallam Ahmad Katsina, made the disclosure on Friday evening after a evaluate of the incident.
He mentioned, “The incident jolted everyone and His Excellency, Governor Aminu Masari, could be very unhappy about it. Firstly, he has directed the reinforcement of safety within the space. He has additionally directed {that a} commission of inquiry be instituted on the incident. We need to unravel the complete circumstances surrounding the incident other than what the preliminary investigation has revealed. His Excellency has additionally directed that aid supplies be instantly despatched to the households of the victims.
“The government is already on top of the situation in the area and we want to assure residents of the state that government places priority on their security and safety. From the strategies that we are adopting, we strongly believe that this incident would be the last in the state.”
Katsina revealed that the preliminary investigation had additionally proven that the 41 victims who died within the ambush included some terrorists, too.
He urged individuals not to take the legal guidelines into their arms, including that the group of native vigilante referred to as Yansakai who needed to recuperate rustled animals ought to have carried alongside safety businesses in view of the ruthlessness of the terrorists.
“The outcome of the commission of inquiry would assist us in taking far-reaching decisions in preventing future re-occurrences of such ugly incident,” Katsina assured.
The PUNCH reported {that a} gang of terrorists, on Thursday, ambushed some Yansakai members who tried to recuperate some rustled home animals in areas between the Bakori and Kankara Local Government Areas of the state, ensuing within the deaths of the 41 individuals, amongst who have been some terrorists.
Trouble was mentioned to have began on Wednesday when the terrorists invaded a home in Bakori Local Government Area from the place they rustled the animals.
The Yansakai members subsequently mobilised themselves from eleven villages in Bakori Local Government Area with a view to recovering the rustled animals.
Some informants, nonetheless, alerted the terrorists concerning the motion and so they (the terrorists) subsequently laid ambush for the Yansakai, main to the bloody confrontation and the deaths.
An announcement on the incident by the spokesman for the Katsina State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, which was additionally made public on Friday night, learn, “On Wednesday, 1 February, 2023 at about 11 p.m., terrorists of their numbers, capturing sporadically with AK 47 rifles, attacked the home of one Alhaji Muntari, at Unguwar Audu Gare, Kandarawa, Bakori Local Government Area and rustled fifty (50) cows and thirty (30) sheep.
“Subsequently, on Thursday, 2 February 2023, at about 10:00a.m. Yansakai outlawed group, from eleven (11) villages from Bakori Local Government Area regrouped and went after the terrorists with a view to recovering the rustled home animals. They traced the footpaths of the hoodlums to a location at Yargoje forest.
“Unfortunately, the terrorists deliberate and launched a coordinated ambush on the Yansakai. The hoodlums shot and killed forty-one (41) Yansakai and wounded two (2). Area commander, Malumfashi, led a workforce of policemen to the scene and recovered the corpses and injured to Kankara General, Hospital.
“A joint security operation is currently ongoing with a view to bringing the perpetrators to book. Investigation is ongoing, please.”
Source: punchng.com
