Not exact matches
The attack is thought to have been
by Fulani
herdsmen, a group who have had
several clashes with the Christian community in Nigeria over the years.
While leading the debate on the motion, Senator Danjuma La'ah said, «on the 23rd December, 2016 and even as we speak, communities of Ambam, Gaska, Dangoma, Tsonje, Pasankori, Gidan Waya and Farin Gada of Jama'a and Kaura local government area have been under serious attack
by the
herdsmen, resulting in
several deaths, injuries, and wanton destruction of properties worth billions of naira».
The Senate confirmed that within the last 12 months, Nigeria has «witnessed a harvest of killings
by the Marauding
Herdsmen with
several cases of massacre in Agatu in Benue State, Uzo Uwani in Enugu State, with
several attacks in Taraba, Delta and Edo States, to mention but a few.»
The CISLAC Director, Auwal Rafsanjani, who stated this at a state - of - the - nation press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, urged the government to provide livelihood support to
several households in the states affected
by the
herdsmen's conflict.
Killings
by Fulani
Herdsmen Fueled
by Draconian Laws to Chase Out Cattle Breeders Due to Ethnic Hatred - Miyetti Allah; Says we Lost 1000 People, 2 Million Cows to Sponsored Militia Attacks The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has revealed that the killings and attacks experienced in
several parts of the country was being fueled
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He decried the loss of innocent lives and the destruction of cash crops and farmlands
by the
herdsmen in
several rural communities across the Edo South senatorial district.
A man, simply identified as Suswam Suswam, has been killed while
several others sustained gunshot wounds following attack on mourners
by suspected 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.
Felix Tyolaha and
several other parishioners of the St. Ignatius Catholic Church, Ukpor - Mbalom, in the Gwer Local Government Area of Benue State, were killed on April 24, 2018
by suspected Fulani
herdsmen.