Following the recent killing of 12 residents from Kaduna by some irate individuals in Plateau State, the former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, was on a condolence visit to Zazzau Emirate and the families of the 12 wedding-bound travellers killed in Plateau State.
DAILYPOST recalls that 12 wedding travellers from the Bassawa community in Zaria were killed during an attack in Mangu, Plateau State.1 Eleven others sustained injuries and are currently receiving treatment in at 44 Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna.
Dalung expressed deep sorrow over the attack, even as he described the incident as both devastating and shameful, especially given that the perpetrators and victims are from the same northern region.
He extended his condolences to the Bassawa community and the Zazzau Emirate and called for calm, while urging authorities to prosecute those arrested in connection with the killings.
He also emphasised the need to intensify efforts to apprehend others involved in the attack.
Dalung was accompanied by the General Overseer of Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Ministry, Pastor Yohanna Buru.
