The Senate on Tuesday set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the causes of the killings in Southern Kaduna, Kaduna State.
The upper chamber condemned the crisis which has led to the loss of lives and properties in the area.
Senator Danjuma Laah, representing Kaduna South passed a motion on the killings.
Laah noted that a total number of 808 persons were killed in 53 villages across the four local government areas in the affected areas.
