Sara-Suka gang stabs woman, torch house in Kaduna

A youth gang known as ‘Yan Sara-Suka’ has attacked a house at Dakaci Street along Zango, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis, where they killed a 50-year-old woman, Rabi’atu Yusuf, and burnt her house along with a child. It was gathered that the attackers, aged between 18 and 22 were at the house last Saturday on […]

A youth gang known as ‘Yan Sara-Suka’ has attacked a house at Dakaci Street along Zango, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis, where they killed a 50-year-old woman, Rabi’atu Yusuf, and burnt her house along with a child.

It was gathered that the attackers, aged between 18 and 22 were at the house last Saturday on a revenge mission. Their member had allegedly been killed by friends of the woman’s son.

The victim’s son, 22-year-old Yahaya and his friends were not in good terms with the other group that killed his mother for over two years, it was gathered. 

A neighbour that witnessed the incident but pleaded for anonymity told Daily Trust that the woman was stabbed on the stomach. 

“I was outside when I saw the youths running into the house holding knives. It was after they entered the compound that one of them stabbed the woman. Other neighbours and I rushed to take her to a nearby hospital. As we took her out of the compound they poured petrol and set the house on fire,” he said.

It gathered that the infant who was born blind was lying on the bed in one of the rooms and burnt beyond recognition as other women in the compound all took to their heels.

A stepson of the late woman and the elder in the family, Tukur, explained that their target, who was his half-brother, had since stopped coming to the house.

“Ever since they killed my stepmother and her grandson, the rest of the family members deserted the house  because we are afraid the attackers may return,” he also said.

Investigation by Daily Trust reporter who visited the community revealed that since the crisis began among the youth gangs in the area, three people have so far been killed.

It was gathered that the Gidan Gayu Police station was aware of the clash and how youth gangs terrorised the community with little or no effort made to check the situation.

When contacted, the Kaduna State Police Command’s spokesman, ASP Hussaini Muktar, didn’t answer his calls.