Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says the North has become a “slaughter field” where “reckless killings” occur regularly.
He stated this in a Twitter thread while reacting to reports that 26 persons were killed by bandits in Zamfara and Katsina states.
According to Premium Times, the victims were killed in separate attacks in Safana and Maradun local government areas of Katsina and Zamfara State respectively.
In the Katsina attack that occurred on Thursday at Kabuke community, Rumka ward, Safana LGA, 11 persons, mostly vigilante members, lost their lives.
Zamfara State Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, Abubakar Dauran, disclosed that 15 people were killed in Maradun LGA following a clash between armed herders and members of the vigilante group.
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According to him, the incident occurred on Sunday morning at Janbako Community.
Reacting to the reported killings, Atiku wrote, “It is saddening to condole yet again with families of victims of these attacks.
“These reckless killings that have turned the beautiful landscape of the North into a slaughter field must stop.
“While I commiserate with the governments in Katsina and Zamfara States over these particular attacks, I urge that state governments set up secret tactical teams to infiltrate some of these criminal elements to gather intelligence that might forestall some of these ugly scenarios.”