Villagers Flee As Unknown Gunmen Invade Kano Community, Burn 10 Houses

Ten homes were set on fire by attackers who entered the Dan Jamfari Community in Barbaji village, Rogo Local Government Area, Kano State.

Eko Hot Blog reports that Dr. Saleh Jili, the Kano State Emergency Management Agency’s executive secretary, stated on Friday that the organisation sympathised with the victims and provided them with relief supplies.

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He declared that the state administration would do everything possible to find the attackers and prosecute them.

10 bundles of roofing sheets, 20 bags of cement, 10 packs of zinc nails, 20 bags of 10 kg rice, 20 bags of maize, and 5 bags of saly were distributed as relief items to the victims.

The victims also got clothing materials, cutleries, buckets, vegetable oil and five cartons of seasoning cubes.

Jili reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to the protection of lives and properties of citizens and charged residents of the community to live in peace and harmony.

A resident, Malam Magaji Audu, said the assailants were armed with sticks and cutlasses.

“More than 200 of them invaded the village in the night and went from house to house claiming they were looking for their stolen motorcycle.

“The attackers tried to stab me in the presence of my family members and I refused to produce my children whom they claimed to have stolen their motorcycle as demanded,’’ he said.

Audu explained that the assailants returned the day after and set his house and others on fire while his family members escaped.

“The hoodlums carted away food items, chickens, turkey, farming equipment and destroyed 10 houses within the village,’’ he said.

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The district head of Rogo, Alhaji Muhammad Maharazu, confirmed the incident and commended the emergency management agency for the kind gesture of the relief materials.

Maharazu who was represented by his secretary Alhaji Bashir Tsoho, said the Emir of Karaye, Dr Ibrahim Abubakar II, had rendered all the necessary assistance to the victims and also reported the incident to the state government.

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