11 killed in fresh herdsmen attacks in Nasarawa

LAFIA—FRESH attacks by the Fulani herdsmen on three villages in the last three days have left no fewer than 11 people dead in Nasarawa State.

Sources told Vanguard that the crisis started at Agwashi village in Ekye Development Area, when an Agatu farmer confronted a Fulani man whose cow had allegedly destroyed his farm crops. The argument which later degenerated into a clash left two Agatu farmers dead.

Equally, a reprisal attack on the Fulani which had reportedly hired some 20 foreign mercenaries with sophisticated weapons compounded the crises as it spread to three other villages.



Vanguard gathered that another crisis involved security agents and youths along Doma road near Lafia town when the youths in Mararaba village blocked the road close to a military check point in an attempt to resist further escalation of attack on their community by Fulani herdsmen.

However, a military patrol team which got the hints of the blockade moved to the area to avert possible trouble, leading a disagreement which allegedly resulted to the killing of two people as well as the burning down of over 10 houses.

The state Police Commissioner, Mr. Abayom Akeremale, confirmed the crises but said only two people were killed with over 20 others arrested at Mararaba along Doma.

Vanguard learnt that 11 bodies had been recovered and deposited at the Dalhatu Specialist Hospital in Lafia.
 
SOURCE: Vanguard Nigeria