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| Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu |
A total of 43 persons were on Tuesday shot dead following renewed attacks on seven communities in Kaduna and Sokoto states by gunmen.
Twenty-seven persons, including a policeman, were allegedly killed in four communities in Kajuru and Kachia local government areas of Kaduna while 16 were gunned down in Dalijan, Rakkoni and Kalhu communities in Rabah LGA in Sokoto.
27 bodies were recovered from Karamai, Gidan Gajere, Gidan Auta and Chibiya, all in Maro, a border town between Kajuru and Kachia LGAs.
It was also learnt that two police inspectors are still missing after the attacks.
It was learnt that security officials were immediately deployed in the villages where the bodies were recovered from.
