SOKAPU kicks, Christian leaders move to end mayhemThe subsisting curfew notwithstanding, gunmen, yesterday, invaded four communities in Zangon Kataf council area, killing 22 persons and setting ablaze a number of buildings. An Atak’mawai resident, Irimiya Gandu, who spoke to reporters, said no fewer than 13 persons were slain. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the state commend, ASP Muhammed Jalige, declined comments, promising to get back by 2p.m. Expectedly, the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has condemned the onslaught, contending that the casualty figure had risen to 33. The state CAN chairman, Reverend Joseph Hayab, told the NCPC boss that, “interestingly, you are coming when we lost 22 people in Zangon Kataf today (yesterday) and several houses burnt.

Source: The Guardian August 07, 2020 03:30 UTC