Death Toll From A Bandit Attack On Kaduna Villages Has Risen To 40 

Following Saturday’s bandit attacks in Kaduna’s Giwa Local Government Area, the state government says two more corpses have been discovered.

News Agency of Nigeria

The dead toll has risen to 40 as a result of the discovery.

Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the situation while providing an update on the attack in Kaduna on Monday.

Security agencies conducting search operations in the area, he said, reported the finding of two more bodies.

As of Sunday, the death toll from bandit raids on Kauran Fawa, Marke, and Riheya villages in Idasu, Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State had risen to 38.