Gunmen Kill, Cut Private Parts Of 10 Vigilante Members In Zamfara

Unidentified gunmen riding
on motorcycles on Friday
shot dead 10 members of
the local vigilante group in
an attack on Rukudawa
village in Zurmi Local
Government Area of Zamfara
state.
The attack was disclosed to
newsmen in a Friday
interview in Zurmi by the
Chairman of the local
government, Alhaji Abdullahi
Gurbin-Baure.
According to Gurbin-Baure,
the killers came on
motorcycles through the
Dumburum/Rukudawa road
and attacked members of
the vigilante group killing all
the 10 persons on duty.
The chairman added that the
killers also removed the
private parts of some of
their victims and burnt all
the motorcycles used by the
members of the vigilante.
He said that he had already
reported the matter to the
state police headquarters
and to the state government.
According to the chairman,
the Deputy Governor of the
state, Malam Ibrahim
Wakkala attended the burial
of the deceased.
Malam Musa Lawali, who
claimed to have witnessed
the incident, told NAN that
the gunmen apparently
came with the specific
purpose of killing members
of the vigilante group.
He said that this was
because the gunmen did not
attack any of the traders at
the market.
Lawali, who was also a
trader attending the
Dumburum weekly market,
said that the gunmen went
straight to the members of
the vigilante, who were on
their routine patrol
providing security to traders.
Also confirming the incident,
the state Commissioner of
Police, Mr Usman Gwary said
that the incident had been
reported to the command.
He told reporters that he
was on his way to the local
government area, adding
that he could not give
further details as
investigations had just
commenced on the killings.
[NAN]