At least 12 soldiers
were killed after some gunmen raided a military base in Kampanin Doka in Birnin
Gwari local government area of Kaduna state.
A
source who disclosed this to TheCable said the incident occurred on Tuesday
night.
The
soldiers were said to be among a detachment of troops deployed to the
village to ensure security for expatriates and others working on a new road
linking Zamfara and Kaduna states through Dansadau-Dangulbi and Birnin Gwari.
The
expatriates reportedly fled the town after one of them was kidnapped last year.
They
were said to have returned after soldiers were deployed in the town. A
source at the emirate council told TheCable that the attackers killed three
soldiers in a hole and nine others elsewhere within the camp.
“We
gathered that the soldiers had caught a thief in a village called Maganda in
the area and were taking him back to their camp when some personnel of the
Nigerian Police Force asked them to hand over the thief to them which the
soldiers refused,” he said.
“The
same police followed the soldiers to their camp in Kampanin Doka and again
asked them to hand over the thief to them, but the soldiers still refused.
“Around
8pm on Tuesday, bandits attacked the soldier’s camp and killed three soldiers
in a hole and nine others in a tent in the camp.”
The
source called on the state government to find a means of tackling the
activities of suspected bandits in the area.
“The
government has not deemed it fit to declare the bandits as terrorists and are
still describing the attacks as farmer/herdsmen conflict,” he said.
“This
is not the case, in fact, now there are no cows in the area because of
banditry.”
When
contacted, Mohammed Dole, spokesman of the 1 division of the Nigerian Army,
Kaduna, said a statement would soon be issued.
“We
are preparing a press release which will be released to the media as soon as
possible, please give me some time” he said.
- The Cable
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