Akalla mutane 40 ne rahotanni suka ce sun mutu a lokacin da wasu ‘yan bindiga suka kai farmaki a kauyen Ayati da ke karamar hukumar Ukum a jihar Benue a ranar Alhamis.
Wani shugaban matasan yankin da ya nemi a sakaya sunansa saboda dalilan tsaro ya tabbatar wa DAILY POST faruwar lamarin.
Ya ce, “Sama da mutane 40 ne suka mutu, wasu da dama kuma sun jikkata. Mazauna kauyen sun gudu zuwa garuruwan da ke makwabtaka da su domin tsira.”
A cewar shugaban matasan, mayakan sun mamaye al’ummar ne a ranar Alhamis da misalin karfe 5 na yamma. yayin da mazauna garin ke dawowa daga gonakinsu da sauran ayyukansu.
“Ya zuwa jiya, har yanzu jami’an tsaro ba su isa wurin ba. Lamarin da ya yi sanadin mutuwa,” ya kara da cewa.
A wani sako da ya wallafa a shafinsa na Facebook, wani shugaban al’ummar Ukum, Mista Abraham Waroh, ya koka da harin da aka kai wa Ayati.
Ya ce, “Sama da 40 ne aka kashe a Ayati a yammacin jiya. Wannan dai shi ne wurin da aka kashe mutane a baya, wanda ya kai ga zanga-zangar da daga baya wasu ‘yan daba suka yi awon gaba da su.
“Bayan irin wadannan abubuwan, da an yi tsammanin gwamnati za ta tabbatar da jami’an tsaro mai karfi a Ayati don hana ci gaba da kashe-kashen. Maimakon haka, gwamnati ta shagaltu da kafa kwamitoci domin duba rikicin.
“Ban taba ganin yadda ake magance matsalar tsaro ba a rayuwata.”
Kazalika, kakakin rundunar ‘yan sandan jihar Benuwe, SP Catherine Anene, ta tabbatar da faruwar lamarin.
Anene ya ce, “Na san cewa an kai hari, kuma ina jiran bayani daga jami’an da ke kasa.”