Fresh Attacks In Kafanchan Claim Village Head, Wife

 

Reprisal attacks in the township of Kafanchan in Kaduna state has claimed the life of Malam Bulus Adamu, the village head of  Ungwar Shekamang

Armed attackers believed to be Fulani gunmen late thursday night attacked a home of Fant-suwan chiefdom in Jema’a local government area of Kaduna State in a pre-dawn raid and
killed the village head and his wife.  The wife who  survived the initial assaults  later died of her injuries.

Eyewitnesses said the armed attackers held the village to ransom for several hours while soldiers purportedly drafted to the area were  nowhere to be found.

the Kaduna state government on Friday  claimed that  soldiers were drafted to quell the crisis while a 24-hour curfew was imposed in the areas following the violence that broke out on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, hundreds of native women from Kafanchan and surroundings thronged the main Kafanchan Police Station bare-breasted to protest the  alleged increasing  night attacks on their communities by suspected Fulani militia.

Kaduna State Police Commissioner, Mallam Bala Nasarawa confirmed the two incidences  on phone.

A source who informed   Saturday Tribune on what happened said: “The women came  from Kafanchan town, Kanikon Village, Ungiwan Rimmi, Kasit, Takau, Ungwan Masrara  all on foot.  I don’t know who  was  coordinating them. But from my window here, I  saw that they were wearing nothing  over their chests — the  young, middle age and old women.”

He continued, ’’ I have never seen such a   thing in my life! Their breasts were exposed and they were  singing Christian burial songs and carrying placards. Their complaint  was that soldiers were  killing their youths and raping their daughters.

“They  also indicted the  soldiers  of   aiding and abetting the attacks on their communities by Fulani gunmen and therefore don’t  need their presence any more in the  area.”

When a  confirmation on this information was sought from the Kaduna state Police boss, Nasarawa who has now made Kafanchan his base, he  said, “It is true that some women   protested against what has been happening, but it was a  peaceful demonstration. It’s  not true that all of them  left  their breasts open. Many  were fully dressed