{"id":18562,"date":"2018-05-07T03:02:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T03:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18562"},"modified":"2018-05-07T03:09:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T03:09:35","slug":"kaduna-blood-letting-in-nigeria-continued-unabated-as-bandits-yesterday-murdered-27-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18562","title":{"rendered":"KADUNA: BLOOD-LETTING IN NIGERIA CONTINUED UNABATED AS BANDITS YESTERDAY MURDERED 27 PEOPLE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Barely three days after Inspector-General of Police (IGP), visited Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna, suspected bandits have invaded a community in the area, killing 27 persons, including women and children.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, while condemning the attack said, he has gotten the Federal Government\u2019s nod for establishment of a permanent Army battalion in Birnin-Gwari.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The IGP had during his last Wednesday visit ordered immediate deployment of additional 200 police personnel to the area.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The dare-devil armed bandits stormed Gwaska village around 2:30pm on Saturday, killing 27 persons and setting many houses ablaze.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Members of the Birnin-Gwari Vanguard for Security and Good Governance who pleaded anonymity said the gunmen came in from the neighbouring Zamfara state.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n