Herdsmen kill 12 farmers, burn houses in Nasarawa
Report reaching us said not less than 12 residents of Tattara Mada, Migini and Angwan Barau communities in the Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State were killed by herdsmen between Sunday and Thursday, last week.
The report also said that houses and property worth millions of naira belonging to the residents were also razed during tihe attack,
The crisis started when a herdsman allegedly led his cattle to destroy a sugarcane plantation and was resisted by the owner of the plantation, which led to a fight.
The report said the herdsman later took the cattle back to his settlement, fell ill and died while taking treatment from his parents.
This was said to have angered the herdsmen, who began to attack the communities, leading to the death of 12 people.
A source who lamented the incident, said surviving residents of the communities were seeking refuge in other parts of the state for fear of being killed by the bandits.
He said, “As I speak to you, 11 corpses are in the mortuary at the General Hospital, Garaku. One was also discovered today, and some are nowhere to be found. This is because when they invaded our village and started shooting sporadically, many people ran helter-skelter with bullet wounds”.
The Chairman of Kokona LGA, Awalu Adamu, confirmed the incident but declined comment on the number of casualties.
Speaking on the incident, Nasarawa state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, said officers of the command had been deployed to the communities to restore normalcy and arrest those involved in the crisis.
“According to the report we got from the DPO in the area, a Fulani herdsman and two farmers were killed in the crisis. Our people have evacuated the corpses and as I talk to you, our men are stationed permanently in the area to avoid the breakdown of law and order,” he pointed out.
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