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Analysts told the
Daily Trust that unless the forests are ransacked, reclaimed and properly guarded, authorities would never get it right in terms of securing the people.
Kamuku, Kuduru: Birnin Gwari’s deadly forests
What started as local criminality and cattle rustling around communities surrounding large forests in Kaduna’s Birnin Gwari and Giwa local government areas have over the years snowballed into full banditry and terrorism that have led to the killing of hundreds of villagers while thousands have been displaced. Criminals in Kaduna’s Birnin Gwari and Giwa LGAs have over the years found shield within the Kamuku and Kuduru forests.
The Sarkin Sasa, who spoke with
Daily Trust, said 11 victims were prepared for burial in his compound. A source in the Hausa community 20 killed persons were buried at the Akinyele Graveyard in the state capital.
The charred remains of 8 other people killed during the crisis were still at the police station in the Shasha area, as of Sunday evening.
“You can hear the noise, they are still here,” Alhaji Maiyasin told
Daily Trust by telephone. He said the refuges in his residence were up to 3,000.
Our correspondents report that there was still tension in the town and traders from both sides count losses.