Religious mayhem claims 30 in Bauchi – The Guardian
December 29, 2009 by tim
No fewer than 30 persons, including four soldiers from the 33 Field Artillery Brigade, Bauchi, may have been killed in a fresh clash between members of an Islamic sect called kala-kato and security personnel in the Zango area of Bauchi Metropolis in the early hours of yesterday.
The kala-kato (which means “he has said”) sect claims to be an off shoot of the original Maitatsine sect of the 1980s.
Among the victims who died were 15 children between the ages of three and seven.
A cripple, Yusufa Abba, was said to have been slaughtered like a ram by the sect members.
A number of houses in Zango were set on fire by members of the sect who went on rampage demanding the release of their leader arrested by the authorities.
Affected, was Gambo Nabarasi whose house opposite the sect’s enclave in Zango area was burnt down completely. When The Guardian visited the Federal Low-cost House Estate, which is near the scene of the clash, sound of gunshot exchange between security personnel and the members of the sect still rent the air.
