Nigerian governor confirms over 50 villagers killed by gunmen
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Read < 1minuteFILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows destroyed and burned houses after a recent Fulani attack in the Adara farmers’ village of Angwan Aku, Kaduna State, Nigeria. (Photo credit FLORIAN PLAUCHEUR/AFP via Getty Images)
Gunmen killed more than 50 villagers in two local government areas of Nigeria’s Kaduna state early Sunday, state governor Nasir El-Rufai confirmed on Monday.
The governor, who visited the two local government areas, Igabi and Giwa, vowed never to negotiate with bandits.
He said the situation could have been worse if the Nigerian Army and Air Force did not launch an offensive against the bandits.
The governor told the families who lost their loved ones that the attackers would be apprehended and made to face the full weight of the law.
The victims have been buried in accordance with Islamic rites, El-Rufai said.
