Some hours after Nasir El-Rufai, Kaduna State Governor condemned the lynching of two persons declared to be herders in Birnin-Gwari council of the state, and also ordered an investigation to know the root of the attack, Birnin Gwari Emirate Development Union (BEPU) has claimed that the lynched persons were not herders, but terrorist mercenaries from Sudan.
The record obtained by the emirate, shows that the lynched ‘herders’ were terrorist mercenaries from the Republic of Sudan. “The lynched persons are not herdsmen as falsely narrated earlier but international criminal that have been terrorising Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area (ID cards attached),” said the union.
Samuel Aruwan, the state’s commissioner for internal security and home affairs, said in a statement that according to security authorities, the crowd took the two herders from security officers after hearing unfounded rumors that they were involved in banditry.
Even though the herders were not determined to be involved in the charges, the crowd set them on fire.
However, the Birnin-Gwari Emirate countered yesterday, claiming that its investigation had shown that the lynching had taken place after the suspects had stolen a motorcycle from a farmer outside of Birnin-main Gwari’s town.
