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No fewer than 25 persons have been killed in suspected herdsmen attacks in parts of Nasarawa, Anambra and Ekiti states, as militants shot a police officer in Cross River State.
While the attack on Noma Village of Andaha in Akwanga Local Government area claimed 16 lives and injured 18 persons at a naming ceremony, six persons were killed in Anambra, while Ekiti lost two persons in an attack.
An eyewitness to the Noma attack identified as Jerry said the incident took place during the ceremony, as some persons started shooting sporadically at people.
So, we all started running towards a Fulani settlement very close to the venue of the ceremony, then another gunshot started from the direction of the settlement,” he said
Lamenting the killings of the Mada people of Andaha in Akwanga by herdsmen, paramount ruler of Akwanga, Samson Gamuyare, said the attack was unprovoked, adding that such attacks have become too frequent.
This is the second time in three weeks when Fulani militia will attack the Mada people. It is sad to see defenceless women and children being massacred in cold blood for no just cause.”
Confirming the incident, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Mohammed Akira, said the force recovered 16 bodies from Noma Village following attack by suspected Fulani militia.
Also responding to the incident, representative of Nasarawa North Senatorial district, Phillip Kyunka, said the zone has been taken over by suspected Fulani kidnappers, armed robbers and militia groups who kill and destroy lives wantonly.