Many flee homes in Sanga after attacks

Residents of Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State have started fleeing the area following weekend’s attack that led to the killing of five people.

A resident of the area told Daily Trust that many people returned to the area after last month’s attack that killed about 200, but that they have started leaving again.

“Some of us are confused about what is happening. It is disheartening that poor villagers are not secured in their ancestral homes. Hundreds have fled and we don’t know where they are going to,” he said.

Chairman of Sanga Local Government Area, Emmanuel Adamu Dan-Zaria, who confirmed the development, said the weekend attack on Fadan Karshi community caused the mass exodus.

“You know they left after the previous attacks. Some of them returned but the last attack made them afraid and they have started moving out again. However, we are making efforts to talk to them so that they will return. It is unfortunate that these things are happening in the 21 centaury,” Dan-Zaria said.

Chairman, Southern Kaduna Indigenes Progressive Forum (SKIPF) retired Major George Nchok Asake, said it was devastating to know that people no longer feel secure in their ancestral homes. Asake said headlines of families being slaughtered, population being bombed and communities being sacked have become the order of the day, urging the Kaduna State government to translate their words into action by securing the people.