– 5 students of a college of education have reportedly lost their lives to the ongoing crisis in southern Kaduna
– The students were allegedly shot by armed herdsmen who ambushed them on their way to school
The ongoing crisis in southern Kaduna has claimed the lives of five students of college of education, Gidan Waya, Jema’a local government, Kaduna.
The students were reportedly shot dead when a commercial car taking them to school from Kafancha on the evening of Sunday, January 22, was waylaid by herdsmen.
According to Vanguard, the herdsmen ambushed the taxi carrying six passengers near Gidan Waya, in the troubled southern part of Kaduna state and shot five of the commuters, but spared the life of the driver, Sunday evening.
Southern Kaduna killings: herdsmen kill 5 college of education students
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A brother of one of the dead students, Michael Joseph, said his brother, James Joseph, 26, a final year student of Mass Communication in the college of education, Gidan Waya, had spent the weekend in his native home of Kurmin Musa, Jaba council, Kaduna State, and was returning to school.
He said the driver of the vehicle suddenly stopped at a sharp bend on the Kagoro-Passakori- Gidan Waya Road around 5p.m., Sunday, claiming the car had developed a problem.
He said: “Suddenly, a group of armed herdsmen emerged from the bush, brought out the five passengers and summarily shot them at point blank range. They did not touch the driver. The killers disappeared back into the bush.
“My family was informed that a farmer, who was on a hill not far away, saw everything. We have taken the corpses to the Zangon Kataf General Hospital.”
When contacted by reporters, Kaduna state police spokesman, ASP Usman Aliyu, said he was not aware of such development. He said: “In fact, you know what, nothing like that happened.”
Tenator representing southern Kaduna, Senator Danjuma Laah, told newsmen that he has also been informed that six students of the school were killed in an ambush, but that the Kafanchan police area commander has denied the incident.
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Meanwhile, 15 persons have been confirmed dead as rampaging Fulani herdsmen attack farmers in Ipiga village in Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue state.
According to a report by Vanguard the crisis erupted Sunday afternoon, when some armed herdsmen stormed neigbouring Ajegbe village, where they grazed their cattle and destroyed farmlands.
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