{"id":175381,"date":"2025-08-21T09:02:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T08:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/killings-now-epidemic-in-nigeria-atiku-on-katsina-attack"},"modified":"2025-08-21T10:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:08:03","slug":"killings-now-epidemic-in-nigeria-atiku-on-katsina-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/killings-now-epidemic-in-nigeria-atiku-on-katsina-attack","title":{"rendered":"Killings Now Epidemic in Nigeria Atiku on Katsina Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has bemoaned the surge killings of unsuspecting armless Nigerians, stressing that it has reached an epidemic level that threatens Nigeria\u2019s collective humanity.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, gunmen attacked attacked a mosque during morning prayers in the Unguwan Mantau community, Malumfashi LGA, of Katsina state, killing at least 32 worshippers.<\/p>\n<p>The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Nasir Mu\u2019azu, said the incident was a reprisal attack after villagers ambushed and lynched suspected bandits two days earlier.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the residents seized three motorcycles and two AK-47 rifles and rescued kidnapped victims from Ruwan Sanyi village during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting in a post shared on his X account on Wednesday, Atiku said that the killings were no longer isolated cases but have become a grim reality across northern Nigeria and other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the government\u2019s posture shows denial of the worsening security situation.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party\u2019s presidential candidate further explained that the time has come for the government to prioritise its core duty of safeguarding lives and property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe wanton killings of innocent Nigerians have reached the epidemic level. Only on Tuesday, in Katsina, at least 27 innocent worshippers were massacred inside a mosque by marauding bandits during morning prayers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis attack was not just against a community; it was an assault on our collective humanity,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has bemoaned the surge killings of unsuspecting armless Nigerians, stressing that it has reached an epidemic level that threatens Nigeria\u2019s collective humanity. On Tuesday, gunmen attacked attacked a mosque during morning prayers in the Unguwan Mantau community, Malumfashi LGA, of Katsina state, killing at least 32 worshippers. 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