- Kamil Opeyemi
The Katsina State Government has said it will set up a probe to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the killings of more than 80 residents of Kankara in the Kankara-Bakori area of the state.
NPO Reported earlier on Sunday that death toll which was originally put at about 50 had risen to 84.
As at Sunday morning, dead bodies were still being evacuated in vans for burial from the forest.
Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Bello Masari on security matters, Ibrahim Ahmed-Katsina, disclosed this Friday night.\
He was addressing some journalists at his residence in Katsina, said the government would also assist families of the victims.
Police spokesman in Katsina, SP Gambo Isah said while some operations were ongoing in the affected areas, he was not in the know of the update.
“As soon as I get the update from our operatives, I will get across to update you, but for the time being, operation is ongoing in the area and we don’t have that update,” he was quoted as saying.