No fewer than 41 members of local vigilance groups, popularly known as ‘Yansakai’, have been killed in an ambush by terrorists in Yargoje forest, Katsina State.
It was gathered that the vigilantes were killed by terrorists at about 10 p.m. on Thursday.
Confirming the incident via a statement issued on Friday, the Katsina State Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, said: “On Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at about 22:00 hours, terrorists in their numbers, shooting sporadically with AK 47 rifles, attacked the house of one Alhaji Muntari at Unguwar Audu Gare, Kandarawa, Bakori Local Government, and rustled 50 cows and 30 sheep.
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“Subsequently, on February 2, at about 10:00 hours, Yansakai groups from 11 villages in Bakori local government regrouped and went after the terrorists with a view to recover the rustled animals.
“They traced the footpaths of the hoodlums to a location at Yargoje forest; unfortunately, the terrorists planned and launched a coordinated ambush on the Yansakai.
“The hoodlums shot and killed 41 Yansakai and wounded two others.”
Isah noted that the Area Commander in Malumfashi led a team of policemen to the scene and evacuated the corpses and injured persons to Kankara General Hospital.
The police spokesperson added that a joint security operation was ongoing to arrest the terrorists and bring them to book.
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