Hoodlums kill ex-sergeant, wife, daughter-in-law in Kaduna
Godwin Isenyo and Olaide Oyelude
Published 10 May 2021
Published 10 May 2021
THE Kaduna State Police Command and the Defence Headquarters outfit,
Operation Safe Haven, have reported to the Kaduna State Government the killing of three citizens on Saturday night.
A statement by the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, on Sunday, said assailants stormed the home of Sgt. Christopher Madaki (retd.), a scribe to a Ward Head at Golkofa, Jema’a Local Government Area of the state and shot him, his wife, Mary; as well as his son’s wife, Alice.
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A joint military operation covering Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states, codenamed ‘Operation Whirl Stroke’, OPWS, has commenced a 7-day operation in the three states to clear bandits and killer herders in forests and communities located in the states.
This came as bandits, Saturday, killed 11 persons at Tsatstkiya in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, even as gunmen killed a community leader, his wife and sister-in-law in Jemaa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, same day.
Gunmen have killed a traditional ruler, his wife and in-law in Kaduna State. x
Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) reported the Saturday night incident to the state government.
The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, stated yesterday that the assailants stormed the home of Sgt. Christopher Madaki (rtd.), ascribe to a ward head at Golkofa, Jema’a Local Council, and shot him, as well as his wife and his son’s wife, identified as Mary.
According to Aruwan, the three victims were later confirmed dead, while the monarch’s son, Clement, survived but with injuries inflicted on him by the assailants.
Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, said in a statement on Sunday, that all the four victims were members of the same family. He said that the incident was confirmed by the Defence Headquarters outfit Operation Safe Haven and the state Police Command. The three victims were killed in their home on Saturday night. The commissioner also said two people died in Kachia following a misunderstanding. He explained that one
Abba Muhammad following a misunderstanding. According to him, the origin of the fisticuffs between the two is being investigated by security agencies.
“It however ended with Abba Muhammad stabbing Hamidu Nura to death.
Deji Elumoye in Abuja, John Shiklam in Kaduna, Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo in Umuahia and Dike Onwuamaeze in Lagos
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday bemoaned the killings in the country that have worsened the nation’s security challenges.
The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, condoled with the relatives of those who lost their lives in what he called madness going on nationwide.
The killings continued at the weekend as bandits murdered no fewer than 11 persons in Katsina and Kaduna States.
Also, gunmen sustained their attacks on police facilities in the South-east as they hit a police station in Umuahia, Abia State capital.