Kaduna villages attack: Mass burial for victims

The remains of about 150 Southern Kaduna natives, were, yesterday, buried in a mass grave in Unguwant Gata, Maroa Chiefdom of Karua Local Government Area of the state, according to a local chief from the area.

Sankwai, Tekum and Unguwan Gata villages in Maroa Chiefdom were, Saturday, invaded by what villagers said were Fulani gunmen, killing no fewer than 200 natives and burning the three villages, after plundering them.

FRESH 200 die as Fulani herdsmen storm Three Kaduna villages - Police

FRESH 200 die as Fulani herdsmen storm Three villages in Kaduna State.Houses in the villages in Kaura Local Government Area of the State were also razed.

The attacks came in the wake of yet another in Tse Ortom – Adorogo in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, home town of Dr Samuel Ortom, the Minister of State for Trade and Investment and Supervising Minister of Aviation.

The Kaduna villages in which about 200 were reportedly killed were identified as Sankwai, Tekum and Unguwarr Gata inhabited by native Moroa people in Manchok chiefdom, about 250km south of Kaduna metropolis, the capital of Kaduna State.