The police in Sokoto State have confirmed the killing of 11 persons by a vigilance group popularly called Yan Sakai which had been outlawed by the state government due to the group’s alleged excesses.

The vigilantes allegedly raided Mammande, a weekly market in the Gwadabawa Local Government Area of the state on Thursday afternoon.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Abubakar Sanusi, said the police had identified and arrested the perpetrators of the act.

Our correspondent also learnt that many others sustained varying degrees of injury from gunshots and machete cuts.

Those injured, according to a source, were taken to the Orthopaedic Hospital, Wamakko, and the State Specialist Hospital, Sokoto.

No reason was given for the attack but there had been recent killings and abduction in the eastern part of the state allegedly by bandits.

Ganzalo, state vigilance group commander
Also confirming the attack, the chairman of the local government, Aminu Aya, said, “The Yan Sakai came from the neighbouring Goronyo Local Government Area but I cannot ascertain whether they were residents of that area or not.

“The Fulani are from the neighbouring communities. They came to the market to buy food items among other things. The incident occurred around 3pm on Thursday when Yan Sakai identified and shot 15 Fulani on the spot. Eleven of them died instantly while four sustained fractures as a result of gunshots injuries they sustained.

“As I speak, we have taken the injured to the Orthopaedic Hospital in Wamakko while the 11 corpses have been deposited at the mortuary.”

Otuegbe:
Nobody is commenting on this thread why?

Northerners life also matters

AntiBMC:


What happened in CAR will soon happen here too. Already, it's taking its form.

Coldsperm:

It didn't happen in the East nah. Substitute Sokoto with Enugu or Abia and watch this post get up to 50 pages. Anyway I am now happy that the Hausas are waking. The next big fight will be between the Hausas and the terrorist Fulanis and that will mark the end of all Futa Jalon terrorists in Nigeria. We will send back to Niger and Chad republic to reunite with their Kiths and kin.

Coldsperm:

It didn't happen in the East nah. Substitute Sokoto with Enugu or Abia and watch this post get up to 50 pages. Anyway I am now happy that the Hausas are waking. The next big fight will be between the Hausas and the terrorist Fulanis and that will mark the end of all Futa Jalon terrorists in Nigeria. We will send back to Niger and Chad republic to reunite with their Kiths and kin.

Nadaken:
it would be difficult foolanis don't mind slaughtering all the hausas because they see them as inferior Muslims

And don't tell me numbers o, because hausas only use it for election

Coldsperm:

The Fulanis cannot withstand the Hausas when the jungle mature. Attacking unarmed villagers with AK 47 rifles when they least expect and most times in the night is no bravery. Ten armed women with an Ak 47 can sack a whole village, so it's not bravery ok. Their saving grace is because the Hausas still sees them as their brothers because of Islam. Take that away and watch the Hausas deal with them. The Fulanis all through haven't won any conventional war. Check the recent one that happened in Central Africa republic where the people revolted and used locally made guns to fight back and still dealt with them even when they used automatic rifles and even tanks. The country's armoury was in their hands and they were still dealt with badly. Many of them are now refugees in other countries.

Otuegbe:
Nobody is commenting on this thread why?

Northerners life also matters

Otuegbe:
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Northerners life also matters

Amatarasha:
Only if north knew what faces them and they kept quiet
What of Yorubas my people who kept quiet to millions of fulanis in the sw bushes, no one is fighting them because of 2023
We are doomed

SarkinYarki:
The vigilante group is proscribed but the Fulani bandits are still not proscribed..this is bUharis Nigeria

DubaiLandLord2:
The vigilante group was not proscribe by the FG.

The group dey show Fulanis shege for North West.