Tension in Southern Kaduna as community presume missing leaders’ dead
Renewed attacks after months of relative peace and stability are provoking fresh fears in the area.
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The three community leaders, who went missing after an attack in Southern Kaduna’s Zangon Kataf area a month ago are still not found and the community has presumed them dead amid renewed tensions in the area.
The leaders – Pate Usman Kurmi, the Wakilin Fulani of Atyap Chiefdom; Muhammadu Anchau, an Ardo from Bauchi State; and Yakubu Muhammadu – are of Fulani extraction.
On Tuesday, a Fulani ardo, Tanko Yero, led his kinsmen to the palace of the Agwatyap, Dominic Yahaya, to commiserate with the monarch over the presumed passing of the Wakilin Fulani, Mr Kurmi.
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El-Rufai sad over killing of herder by unknown assailants in Kaduna
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Security agencies have reported the death of a herder in a counter-killing at Sabanfan village of Zangon Kataf local government area.
In a statement on Tuesday, Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, said the herder, Kaminu Suleiman, was macheted to death by unknown assailants while out grazing his herd at the location.
Aruwan said Governor Nasir El-Rufai noted the report with sadness and prayed for the repose of the slain herder’s soul. The Governor also sent condolences to his family.
Renewed attacks, disappearances spark fresh fears in Southern Kaduna
Recent attacks and the case of missing Fulani leaders have sparked fears and endanger the relative experienced in the area since last August. 4 min read
Three community leaders have been missing for over a week following an attack in Southern Kaduna‘s Zangon Kataf area, a development that came atop a series of violent events that have claimed multiple lives and provoked fears since February. PREMIUM TIMES‘ findings, based on disclosures by official and community sources, revealed that a Fulani delegation had, on Sunday, March 21, visited the Gora District of Atyap (Kataf) Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf, to pay compensation to secure the release of their cattle, which had destroyed crops – a typically common occurrence in Nigeria’s outdated open grazing system.
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