One person died and three others sustained injuries when a Fulani settlement at Jingbe, Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State was completely gutted by an overnight fire.
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered in Lokoja on Sunday that the settlement, made up of 87 thatched houses being inhabited by over 300 Fulani men, women and children, was gutted by fire at about 2am when the occupants were fast asleep.
Briefing newsmen on the development, the acting Chairman of the state branch of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Ardo Bello Garatu, said the incident occurred in the early hours of February 8.
Garatu, who spoke through Adamu Abubakar, the state Acting Assistant Secretary of the association, said a two-year-old male child died in the incident, while three women sustained various degrees of injury.
He said the victims, apart from being rendered homeless, had lost cash and personal effects worth millions of Naira.
He said the victims who included children were now being forced to live in the open, calling for the urgent intervention of Governor Yahaya Bello.
The association also appealed to the Federal Government to direct the National Emergency Management Agency to immediately come to the aid of the victims to prevent further loss of live.
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