By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna
No fewer than eleven worshippers have been confirmed dead and 25 other hospitalized with different degree of burnt, barely tweenty-four hours after the early morning attack on a mosque in a village at Gezawa local government area of Kano state on Wednesday.
This figure was confirmed by the spokesperson of the Kano Police Command SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, who also said that the figure is still rising.
Speaking to newsmen in Kano on Thursday, a local source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the number of casualties saying six were adults, a youth and a minor.
He further stated that out of the 32 persons involved in the incident, 28 were hospitalized due to various degrees of burnt while four others sustained minor injuries.
“As we speak, we are at the graveyard now. Right from when the incident happened till this moment (evening), about eight persons have died.
“We have buried two while six others are being conveyed for burial. The victims were those rushed to Murtala Specialist Hospital.
“Majority of the victims were in the emergency unit of Murtala Specialist Hospital and others in the main ward. However, I was made to understand that some other persons were later taken to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, (AKTH).
“All the worshippers sustained various degrees of burns. In all, the victims are 32 and 28 were admitted in the hospital. Those with minor injuries left for their homes” he stated.
In related development, an Assistant Inspector General of Police, Umar Sanda, who’s in-charge of the case, Wednesday evening while visiting the injured at the hospital, confirmed that the incident has nothing to do with terrorism.
“What happened is not associated with any act of terrorism but rather, it was a skirmish that happened as a result of inheritance distribution.
“The suspect was said to be not satisfied with the distribution and was reacting to that. He is presently with us and is giving out useful information.
“Of the 24 that were admitted here, one is dead. It is really unfortunate. He used a locally made bomb to commit the crime”, he stated.
