Sentences with phrase «fulani over the killing»
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The Kaduna State governor has been accused of trying to restrict press freedom and silence voices that draw attention to violence in southern Kaduna, where for over a year Fulani herder militia have attacked communities, killing over 800 people and seizing land and property with relative impunity.
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The Benue State government has banned public processions following Wednesday uproar when residents in Makurdi took to the streets to express their grievances over incessant killing of people in the rural areas by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
Pastor Tunde Bakare, General Overseer of Latter Rain Assembly, has berated the Department of State Services, DSS, over its alleged silence on the killings perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen in Benue State.
Over 50 persons had been killed in attacks on Benue communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen after they invaded some parts of the Guma and Logo local government areas of the state on New Year's Day.
Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) New Era, on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately resign over his alleged failure to put a stop to the killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen across the country.
Frederick Fasehun, President of the Oodua People's Congress, OPC, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari over the persistent killings perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen across the country.
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El - Rufai has reiterated that Chocolate City co-founder, Audu Maikori, who was recently arrested by the police over a series of tweets he sent to his followers, alleging that some students of the Kaduna State College of Education had been killed by Fulani herdsmen in Southern Kaduna, will face prosecution for his crime.
«Two days ago, the media was awash with the story of Tiv militia gang arrested in Taraba State by the Army who confessed that over 1000 of them were recruited and dangerously armed by the Benue State Government to kill the Fulani herdsmen.
«We urge all churches to set aside time this coming Sunday, January 7, to pray for Nigeria and for victory over the wicked killings of Fulani Herdsmen.
He further condoled with victims of Benue, Kaduna, Taraba, Adamawa and Nasarawa states, over the recent spate of killings by Fulani herdsmen.
CAN President, Rev Samson Olasupo Ayokunle in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Pastor Bayo Oladeji, noted that in recent times, armed Fulani herdsmen all over the federation have continuously killed innocent farmers with impunity.
He said: «We in the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) are forced to make this press release on the continuous inhuman and wicked activities of the Fulani Herdsmen all over the Federation who are going from community to community killing innocent farmers with impunity.
Few days ago, over 60 persons were killed in an overnight clash between farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Safere and Kodomti villages in Numan.
Ban on Grazing: I have nothing against Fulanis — Fayose Following the outburst of Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, against the killer herdsmen over attack and killings in the state and reactions generated across the country, the governor has declared that has nothing against the Fulani people or any other tribe in the country.
He made this known in a Press Conference in Kaduna state Saturday over the alleged killing of four Fulani herdsmen by Adara and Gbagyi youths in Tsoho Damishi community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state.
Following the outburst of Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, against the killer herdsmen over attack and killings in the state and reactions generated across the country, the governor has declared that has nothing against the Fulani people or any other tribe in the country.
«It is a pity that the Amnesty International has never for one day write a report against Nigerian military and Fulani herdsmen over the killing of our people.
Omokri predicated his warning on the believe that the president has been silent over the killing of Christians by «radical Muslim Fulani herdsmen.»
It is news of innocent Nigerians being killed all over the place by bandits, kidnappers, and Fulani herdsmen.
The religious body appealed to the international community for assistance and urged all churches to set aside time on Sunday, January 7, to pray for Nigeria and «for victory over the wicked killings by Fulani herdsmen.»
«The governor made several distress calls to the federal government over killings in some parts of the state by Fulani herdsmen, but he didn't receive any response until the Mambilla crisis which received the swift response of the federal government.
The Fulani militias killed defenceless and innocent men, women and children in Enugu, Abia, Edo, Delta, Ondo, Kwara, Ekiti, Lagos, Taraba, Plateau, Benue, Kogi, Cross Rivers, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Ebonyi and Anambra over the last two years.
In 2015, GTI reported that the number of people killed by Fulani herdsmen decreased by 50 per cent, amounting to over 630 fewer deaths.
Nigeria does not have to handle the Fulani herdsmen the way gun violence is being handled in America, where after a demented gunman kills over 50 people and kills himself, the matter is allowed to rest; nothing happens in terms of gun control because the American citizen has a right to carry guns.