The police in Kaduna on Tuesday confirmed the killing of three persons by gunmen at Unguwan Rimi village in Chawai District of Kauru Local Government Area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the police command in the state, DSP Yakubu Sabo, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. Sabo said that efforts were ongoing to apprehend the perpetrators of the act and the command has intensified surveillance and other proactive efforts to forestall further breach of the peace in the area. The monarch further told NAN that the attackers again proceeded to Chikoba settlement at about 4 p.m. and opened fire in the area killing another child and injuring another. “Following an uproar, we immediately alerted security operatives to come to our rescue.

Source: The Guardian June 18, 2019 09:56 UTC