Residents of the areas where terrorists massacred members of vigilante groups last Thursday claim that as of Sunday night, there had been 102 fatalities.
While they were pursuing the terrorists to reclaim the livestock they had stolen from their communities, members of the local vigilante organizations from Bakori Local Government in Katsina were ambushed by the terrorists.
Although the authorities reported that 41 people were killed, residents alleged that the true death toll from the ambush was more than twice as high.
According to reports, the communities affected are under the Guga, Kakumi, Kandarawa and Jargaba wards of Bakori, one of the areas worse hit by the activities of terrorists in the state.
A community leader in Guga village, who asked not to be named for security reasons stated over the phone on Monday that 72 bodies had been retrieved and buried as of Sunday night.
“We’ve counted 102 of our people that have been killed but in the three wards of Guga, Kakumi and Kandarawa, we’ve buried 72 people.
“We couldn’t retrieve the other dead bodies because most of them have decomposed while those who followed the terrorists deep into the bush were killed and we couldn’t go since the bandits are still lurking around,” he said.
He said those killed included vigilante members and other residents who volunteered to pursue the terrorists.
The community leader claimed that some family members attempted to telephone their family but that the calls were answered by terrorists.
“They didn’t kidnap any of them; they don’t abduct vigilante members they kill them instantly,” he said.
According to a resident of the Kakumi community, Najibu Aminu who spoke over the phone to Premiumtimesng, the massacre has caused panic among residents.
“The problem is that we don’t have enough weapons to protect ourselves because the police and government have taken away our weapons in the name of peace.
Our people are already in panic mode because of what happened. Who knows what will happen in the next few days because some of the terrorists were also killed during the fight, so I’m sure they will plan to return and launch a deadlier attack,” he said.
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