Tension as one dies in youth, gunmen clash
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body of Muslims in the 19 northern states and Abuja, Jama’atu Nasril
Islam, on Sunday in Kaduna asked the Muslims in the area to be
vigilant following Friday’s suicide bomb attack on a mosque in
Maiduguri, Borno State where the Shehu of Borno and the Deputy Governor
of the state narrowly escaped death.
The call came on the heels of an attack on Mahuta village on the
outskirt of Kaduna on Saturday by suspected Boko Haram members. One
person was reportedly killed in the attack.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Kaduna, Aminu Lawan, who
confirmed the incident, said two gunmen were apprehended in
connection with the attack by residents.
An eyewitness told our correspondent that the gunmen had gained
access to the residence of the village head but the monarch jumped the
fence and escaped.
The quick intervention of youths of the area was said to have saved
the situation as the youths confronted the gunmen and in the process
seven of the residents were shot.
The statement by its Secretary-General, Dr. Khalid Aliyu, read in
part, “In the light of what ensued, we call on all Muslims to be
vigilant and be more fervent in prayers for peace and harmony to return
to Borno the land of Qur’an memorisers and by extension Nigerian.”
Meanwhile, residents of the Gonin-gora community in the southern part
of Kaduna on Sunday dismissed called by the Emir of Katsina on the
Federal Government to demolish the settlement following the reprisals
in the wake of the violence in the state last month.
However, spokesman for the residents, Mr. Sunday Ibrahim, at a news conference insisted that the call was uncalled for.
He said, “Gonin-Gora is a mini-Nigeria with people of different
Nigerian ethnic nationalities such as the Gbagyi, the Igbo, the Igala,
the Yoruba, the Tiv, the Nupe, the Atyap, the Efik, the Ijaw, the
Calabari, the Ham-Jaba people, the Itsekiri, the Uroboh, the Idoma, the
Bachama, the Adara people, the Bajju, the Zurus and infact the Hausa
Fulani Christians.”
