Unravel the killers of our monarch, Numana community cries out

Following the killing of the Chairman of Traditional Council of Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna state, Etum Numana, Dr Gambo Makama, the Numana community has challenged the security agencies to unravel the killers of the monarch.

The monarch was murdered together with his wife and two others while his son is currently receiving treatment as a result of multiple gunshots on New Year day.

In a statement signed by the President and Secretary of the Numana Community Development Organisation (NCDO), Sabo Gwamna and Mbachi Jonathan Adams respectively, the group called on the security agencies to beef up security in the area, as according to them, the killers were determined to ‘annihilate’ them.

While condemning the killing, the group said, “The paramount traditional ruler and his wife were murdered, his vehicle, house and other valuables were also burnt down by yet-to-be identified killers at his ancestral village Tsauni Ayuba (Asik), when he left his palace at Gwantu, the Sanga Local Government Headquarters to celebrate the New Year with his brethren. The two others were also killed outside the same village, their bodies were recovered the following day.”

The group added that the cultural umbrella body of the Numana ethnic group “sees this gruesome murder of our paramount ruler as one too many, considering that in recent times, the Sanga Local Government Area, and in fact, the entire Southern Kaduna has been serially attacked and many people killed by these merchants of death.”