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37 Dead As Herdsmen, Villagers Clash In Kaduna
Tragedy struck again in Kaduna State on Tuesday as 37 people were reported killed in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state.
The incident came barely three days after four herdsmen were said to have been killed by gunmen in the same place.
Channels TV reports that the fresh round of violence is said to have erupted between farmers and herders, leaving many other people injured in Kajuru which is about 50 kilometres from Kaduna, the state capital.
A witness said that the crisis started when some Fulani youths stormed Ungwan Uka village to avenge the death of a certain herdsman allegedly killed by some village youths at a farm in the area.
The Commissioner of Police in Kaduna State, Mr Agyole Abeh, confirmed the incident to Channels TV.
Mr Abeh added that policemen and soldiers have been deployed to the troubled area to ensure peace returns to the community.
Earlier, the National Secretary of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Abdullahi Ibrahim, said the attack which took place over the weekend followed the abduction of two Fulani indigenes in the area.
Mr Ibrahim added that the gunmen had also attacked Tsonho Damishi community in Chikun Local Government Area of the state where they destroyed houses.
He had described the attacks as unwarranted and provoking and appealed to members of the association to remain calm while calling on security agencies to bring the killers to justice.
Also on July 7, bandits suspected to be cattle rustlers had killed two policemen and a civilian in the Maigana District of Soba Local Government Area of the state.
According to the police, the incident happened when the policemen engaged the bandits, who have been terrorising communities in the region, in a gun battle.
The Police Commissioner, Mr Abeh, had said that the policemen were on a routine patrol in the area when they were ambushed by the gunmen who opened fire on them.
Kingsley Ibe
July 19, 2017 at 7:01 pm
Well Done guys
Christopher Ochini
July 19, 2017 at 6:23 pm
Oh buhari
Alumona Ernest
July 19, 2017 at 4:50 pm
This is a plan for them to take over ppl land. I keep asking is it a sin for Nigeria to use ranches?
Abubakar Sadik Jibrin
July 19, 2017 at 4:37 pm
No crises like that it’s fake news
Abubakar Sadik Jibrin
July 19, 2017 at 4:36 pm
Fake news
Abodunrin Daramola
July 19, 2017 at 4:35 pm
The federal government said the herdsmen are not Nigerian, I guess they needed to be exterminated then since they are aliens disguising as Nigerian nigger… Kill them all !
Thomas Kinmama Mathew
July 19, 2017 at 4:35 pm
Apc is for fulani development,
thats why cow the enter national stadium,,,fulani the carry ak47 as he like
hmmm,,hell is near
Stephen Amusi
July 19, 2017 at 4:01 pm
ONE NIGERIA FOR WHAT? EVERY DAY KILLINGS, LOOTINGS AND BURNING OF HOUSES. WHY MUST NIGERIA BE ONE?
Osondu T Kelechi
July 19, 2017 at 3:47 pm
Keep it up….its now a normal thing
Havetrust InGod
July 19, 2017 at 3:47 pm
I wish, i were there just give them 5k ad carry one cow go do paper soup
Uchenna Ossai
July 19, 2017 at 3:35 pm
Is Not A New Thing