It’s a roughly three-hour drive from the main city of Kaduna to Kurmin Masara village in southern Kaduna state, the latest hot spot for the sectarian violence that seems to plague northwestern Nigeria.

Dozens of people were killed there during an overnight raid that lasted nearly six hours during the pre-dawn hours of August 6.

Like other survivors, Michael Bagudu counted his losses while scouring through burned ruins, looking for remnants of his life.

“They came with two trucks and carted away my food, couch, mattresses,” he said. “They came several times, and when they had taken all they wanted, they burned the house.”

Another survivor, Martina Andrew, barely escaped through the bushes to a nearby village in Nassarawa when gunmen raided her home in Kaduna.

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