Kaduna Killings How Five Students Lost Their Life on Their way to School

Five students of the College of Education, Gidan Waya, were killed in an ambush by Fulani herdsmen on their way to school.

On the evening of Sunday, 22nd of January, 5 students were in a cab headed for school from Kafanchan. The driver was the sixth person in the cab.

Vanguard spoke to a brother of one of the deceased, Michael Joseph. This is what he shared about the incident:

His brother, James Joseph is a 26 year old final year student of Mass Communication at the College. He was just coming back home from a weekend with the family at their native home in Kurmin Musa, Jaba Council, in Kaduna State.

While they were travelling, the driver suddenly stopped while they were making a turn at a sharp bend at Gadoro - Passakori - Gidan Waya Road. This was around 5pm.

Suddenly, armed men, believed to be herdsmen, jumped out from the bush, dragged all passengers out of the cab, and summarily executed them. They disappeared into the bush.

The driver wasn't harmed.

How does Michael Joseph know this?

He said, "My family was informed that a farmer, who was on a hill not so far away, saw everything." The corpses have now been taken to the Zangon Kataf General Hospital.

Some reports say while five people were killed, only four were actually students.

"I can not talk to you officially but I can attest to you that it was only four of the victims that were student of the College of Education," the source said.

And what about the police?

The Kaduna State Police Spokesman, ASP Usman Aliyu said he couldn't confirm that the incident actually happened. In fact, he outrightly said: "You know what, nothing like that happened."