15 Students Killed In Kano Attack

 

Yesterday was bloody in northern Nigeria. A flurry of gunmen attacks left no fewer than 73 people dead and hundreds injured in various parts of the region.

In Kaduna, four pregnant women, a soldier and 46 natives fell to gunfire from bandits who attacked three villages in southern Kaduna. In Kano, two suspected suicide bombers stormed the Federal College of Education with IEDs and killed 15 students, leaving 34 others with gunshot wounds.

Also, an aged uncle of acting governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Usman Fintiri, was among five people killed during a suspected Boko Haram attack in the state while 3 persons were reportedly killed during a clash between policemen in the Kebbi State command and villagers.

“They first ambushed a military patrol van that was crossing a bridge from Fadan Karshi to Karshi Daji. They fired at the soldiers and killed one, and four were injured. But the soldiers repelled the attacks. The Fulani men then moved in three groups. One went to Fadan Karshi, where they killed 12 people and burnt down 20 houses and injured scores. They moved to Karshi Daji and killed 20 people and burnt down several houses. Those that attacked Unguwan Ganye are still in the place. Among those killed in Fadan Karshi were the wife of a very respectable retired reverend, Jacob Aku. His wife was burnt to ashes in the attack.

“We need serious protection and security from our government or we will be forced to protect ourselves.”