Survivors and security agencies are still combing the bushes around Kajuru for more bodies.
Over 30 bodies have been interred after violence that occurred in Maro Karami Village in Kajuru local Government Area of Kaduna State, residents say.
Most houses in the entire Maro Karami village were burnt down by the perpetrators, survivors told this newspaper.On Tuesday evening, News Agency of Nigeria reported that the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was in a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. ‘‘As at this evening, 32 corpses were already buried but I’m not sure about the number of the people that got injured.
Mr Okoye conducted the burial of 11 Adara people that were killed in the attack on Ungwar Barde on February 10 and 11 but he said another priest is doing the duty in this case. Mr Okoye giving an account of the incident said all houses in the village have been burnt. He said there are still doubts about who the perpetrators were but he is convinced they are Fulani herders.
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