From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
The Kaduna State Government has received briefings over Sunday night’s attack which left several citizens dead and others injured.
The overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan stated this in a statement made available in Kaduna yesterday.
The statement stated that the meeting presided over by the Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, had in attendance heads of security agencies, religious and traditional leaders.
The General Officer Commanding One Division Nigerian Army, Major VU Okoro explained that the Nigerian Army was on a routine mission against terrorists but inadvertently affected members of the community.
The Deputy Governor at the end of the closed-door meeting, conveyed the condolences of the Government and People of Kaduna State to the families that lost their loved ones and prayed for the repose of the victims’ souls.
As of the time of this update, search-and-rescue efforts are still ongoing, as dozens of injured victims have been evacuated to Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital by the Government.
Heads of security agencies who attended the meeting included the Commissioner of Police, MY Garba, and the Director of the Department of State Services (DSS) Abdul Eneche. The Chairman of the Kaduna State Chapter of Jam’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) Professor Shafi’u Abdullahi, led other religious leaders. Also present at the meeting was the District of Rigasa, Alhaji Aminu Idris in whose domain the incident occurred.
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