Tears as death toll in Katsina killings exceeds 100

Over 100 people have died as a result of the clash between vigilantes and bandits in four communities in the Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Residents of the affected communities told Channels Television that over one hundred people had died, and more bodies were still being found in the area.

Residents claimed that some people in the communities are still missing and that they are still hoping to bury more people.

Abubakar Hashimu, a resident of Guga village, claimed that 63 people were buried on Friday and that a canter vehicle was also brought on Saturday with more than 30 corpses.

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Hashimu claims that since the incident on Thursday—following the bandits’ rustling of several cows on Wednesday—more than 100 people have died.
In a related development, Governor Aminu Masari dispatched a delegation, led by Alhaji Muntari Lawal, Secretary to the State Government, to offer condolences to the victims’ families.

On Sunday, a delegation from the state paid condolence visits to the communities of Guga, Yargoje, and Gidan Gamji. They expressed their deep sadness for the victims and their families as well as for the government, calling the situation tragic.

Lawal urged the locals to develop self-defense skills, arguing that the government or security services cannot handle such a situation on their own.

“The actual number of those killed cannot be determined because they are still counting the dead; nobody can give you the precise number because some of the bodies are scattered in the bush, and they must go and collect them,” he said.

“The bandits are being counted just as we are. People need to develop the courage to face the devil before he finishes them.

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“Don’t wait for the government to act; the damage has already been done. Instead, organize yourself to face them.”

He continued by stating that the state government had made plans to establish an inquiry commission to look into the immediate and long-term causes of the killings.