Zangon Kataf crisis: Natives condemn attacks, killings, call for protection
The ACDA, however, asked all Atyap natives to remain calm and law-abiding and join law enforcement agents in ensuring that peace returns to the land.
The statement narrated that on Wednesday 10th June, 2020, a young teacher, Mr. Moses Yusuf Magaji, 32years old, went to his farm on the outskirts of Zango urban town to cultivate some crops but did not return, some youths and security agents went to look for him, he was not seen in his farm but his mobile phone was found and a pool of blood discovered within the farm.
The ACDA noted that prior to the events of Wednesday 10th June, 2020, the Atyap people have been under provocative attacks since 2017, saying that on 17th January 2017, four Atyap youths were allegedly murdered in Samaru market by gun-wielding Fulani militias and four casualties were recorded.The ACDA alleged that the killings were perpetrated to provoke Atyap into reacting, stressing that in his pursuit for peace, His Highness the Agwatyap, Mr.
“The MACBAN are misrepresenting facts with inflammatory statements to ensure that the peaceful coexistence that had prevailed in Atyap Chiefdom is ended and replaced by acrimony, violence and crises,” the statement explained.The Commissioner for Internal Security in Kaduna State, Samuel Aruwan, according to the statement chose to call the incident “Farmers’ clashes”, ignoring the fact that Mr.
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