Also, the Governor warned cattle rearers against bearing arms in the course of grazing their livestock, threatening that anyone caught with weapons would be dealt with in accordance with the law
Browsing: herdsmen
LEADERSHIP said it gathered that the herdsmen also burnt about 46 houses in Ungwan Rimi, Kitakum, Ungwan Magaji and Kigam communities of Kizakoro District of Chawai Chiefdom, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State
The police spokesman, ACP Ogbonnaya Nta, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said that the command had commenced investigation.
Ndi Okereke Abam in Ovukwu Autonomous Community in Arochukwu LGA was invaded on Friday by suspected armed herdsmen
Dambazau said the committee would be expected to draw up a roadmap for an all-inclusive gathering of stakeholders to address the perennial crises
According to him, the latest attack, which occurred between 3pm and 6pm on Tuesday, had scores of the indigenes injured and some killed, while property worth hundreds of millions of naira were destroyed
The governors at a meeting with Buhari last week in Abuja had complained about the lopsided appointments
The 24-four hour curfew followed tension and attacks witnessed in Godogodo Area that led to the killing of scores and destruction of property
The union, in a statement by its President, Solomon Musa, said the locals have identified some corpses aside from the several others burnt beyond recognition
Marcel de Souza said this when he was presenting the Community Status Report at the ongoing Second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja on Tuesday
The spokesperson of the police in the state, Ebere Amaraizu, said Adamu was arraigned on September 16 and had been remanded in prison custody by Chief Magistrate Denis Ekoh
Represented by his Deputy, Benson Abounu, Ortom spoke on Tuesday when the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, paid him a courtesy call
He said the family got missing after the Herdsmen attacked Nandu and Kabamu villages, in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State on June 24.
He said the Evangelist had lived in the village for so many years before the recent attack which claimed so many lives
The last week attack on an Enugu community by the herdsmen that witnessed the gruesome murder of a 26-year-old seminarian, Lazarus Nwafor,among other victims, bears serious indication that the nation is lying on the precipice
Amaraizu said the arrest of the suspect followed intelligence made available to the command
A report by The Punch said the killing of Ubangari took place two days after suspected herdsmen attacked Ningon village, which is 6km from Gwantu, the headquarters of Sanga Local Government Area, killing two persons and seriously injuring another person
Mafa said: “We also lost about 400,000 sacks of grains and a number of our members were displaced.
“Our herdsmen have lost cows, property and houses worth about N26 billion in 10 local government areas in Northern Borno
He said the measure became necessary following the inability of government to adequately contain the activities of the cattle breedersn
In a statement signed by the Police spokesman in the state, Ebere Amaraizu, on Sunday, Ojukwu said anybody found to be spreading the rumour would be prosecuted
He called on the Federal Government to hasten the creation and demarcation of grazing reserves and cattle ranches to control the movement of the herdsmen seeking pasture for their livestock
The students, who marched through the major roads in Nsukka town, carried placards various inscriptions such as: “We don’t want Fulani herdsmen in the South-East again”; and “Federal Government should disarm herdsmen and call them to order”.