The police have not confirmed the incident, but Abel Adamu, Chairman of the Chawai Development Association, said that gunmen attacked the Ungwan Rimi community from the neighboring Maingo community due to a local crisis. Adamu praised the governor's efforts to maintain peace in the region.
However, he urged security agencies to investigate the incident further, bring the offenders to justice, and ensure peaceful coexistence, especially in vulnerable rural areas.In a separate incident, gunmen believed to be bandits attacked Ungwan Fulani village in the Hunkuyi Local Government Area.
They killed a 40-year-old man and kidnapped a 53-year-old businessman, Shehu Hussein. Kaduna State Commissioner of Information, Ahmed Maiyaki, expressed sympathy to the victims' families, describing these as isolated incidents and overlapping attacks from neighboring states bordering Kaduna.