Yesterday, the fragile calm in Katsina State took another hit when bandits attacked Doguwar Dorawa, a tiny farming hamlet near Guga in Bakori Local Government Area. They killed two respected elders and took other inhabitants hostage.
The onslaught, which lasted more than an hour, has once again raised doubts about how well the peace agreement between the state administration and some armed groups in the area is working, according to Daily Trust.
Community sources say that the attackers came into the hamlet about 10 p.m. and killed two brothers, Alhaji Bishir and Alhaji Surajo. Both were seen as leaders and moral guides in the community.
Mahadi Danbinta Guga, a leader in the community, stated they were slaughtered in cold blood.
People report that the assailants rode motorcycles, parked them in the bushes, and then went into the community so that no one would see them.
They were able to kill, steal, and kidnap people for more than an hour without anyone stopping them.
The executions have made people even angrier and more hopeless. They now call the state’s peace deal with bandits a failed experiment.
People in the area think that the assailants are loyalists of Idi Abasu Aiki and Kwashen Garwa, two well-known bandit commanders who work in Bakori and adjacent areas.
While Doguwar Dorawa was grieving, the bandits attacked Layin ‘Yannehu at the same time and stole a lot of animals.
In the last several weeks, similar events happened in Ganjar, Alhazawa, and Gidan Nagari, where more than 40 people were taken and many families had to move.
At the time this story was written, neither the Katsina State Government nor the Bakori Local Government Council had made any public comments about the most recent deaths.
In the second week of October, Bakori and two other local government areas, Malumfashi and Funtua, signed a peace agreement with bandits in an effort to stop the constant raids, deaths, and kidnappings.
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