Police recover 23 corpses from Zamfara forest
- No fewer than 23 corpses have been recovered from a forest in Zurmi LGA, Zamfara
- The police believed the bodies are victims of herdsmen and bandits
- The remains have reportedly been buried while investigations continue
After series of herdsmen and bandit attacks, the Nigeria police, Zamfara state command has recovered twenty-three corpses of people allegedly killed during attacks in the state.
The corpses were recovered from a forest in Zurmi local government area of the state.
The spokesman of the state police command, Muhammed Shehu, said the police got information that bodies had been seen in the forest, The Cable reports.
Shehu said: "Our team of operatives was there and it recovered the bodies. Discreet investigation has commenced in earnest and the perpetrators will soon be fished out."
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The police, however, said the victims were likely not residents of the area as no one could identify them.
An anonymous resident in Boko village close to the scene of the discovery claimed the victims were killed by local vigilante known as “Yan Sa kai.”
“The forest here has become a safe haven for criminals and when the local vigilantes saw the men, they engaged them in a fight and killed them,” the local was quoted to have said.
“We can’t actually ascertain their place of origin or where they were heading to. Recently, about 10 herds of cattle were stolen and the vigilantes are working to protect the communities from attacks by the rustlers and they won’t spare any criminal.”
The remains have reportedly been buried as investigations continue.
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Recall that Legit.ng earlier reported that Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara state said he had dropped his responsibility as chief security officer of the state as he had no control over security machinery in the state.
Speaking to newsmen in Talata-Mafara on Friday, June 15, Yari said that his decision stemmed from the seeming helplessness of the state government and the people over recurring killings in the state.
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