There was apprehension in the Tokulo community of the Bwari Area Council in the FCT following the discovery of 12 corpses suspected to be those of bandits.
Jerry Alkali, the councillor representing the Igu Ward, told Daily Trust that the bodies were still present on Tuesday morning, October 15, 2024. Alkali recounted that residents contacted him between 2 and 3 am on Monday, expressing their terror over repeated gunfire in the area.
“No one could afford to sleep at the time due to the tension caused by the development. It was later in the morning when some of them were heading to their farms that they sighted corpses lying on the ground outside the village along a road that leads to the Pmape community in Kagarko LGA of Kaduna State,” he said.
Another resident, who wished to remain anonymous, noted that none of the victims were from the community, suggesting that the deceased had either been engaged or brought in and shot dead by security personnel....Read Full Article [Click Here>]
According to reports, Tokulo, the hometown of the serving chairman of the Bwari Area Council, has experienced a series of attacks by bandits, resulting in the deaths of locals and security personnel in the past.
An official from the FCT Special Anti-kidnapping Unit confirmed the latest incident but declined to comment further on the circumstances surrounding it.
