By Rahaman Abiola Fresh ethnic tension is brewing in Anambra state as four Fulani herdsmen were reportedly shot dead in an attack on...
By Rahaman Abiola
Fresh ethnic tension is brewing in Anambra state as four
Fulani herdsmen were reportedly shot dead in an attack on a settlement in Ogborji,
Orumba South local government area.
The incident which occurred on Saturday, March 6, amid the
mounting farmers-herders crisis in the country also saw many cows stolen, Daily
Trust reports.
Speaking on the development, the chairman of the Miyetti Allah
Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) Southeast zone, Alhaji Gidado
Siddiki, said gunmen entered the camp and started shooting, leading to death.
Many cows were reportedly stolen while four herders were
killed in an attack on Fulani settlement in Anambra. Credit: @NorthernFocus
Source: UGC
According to him, many corpses were also taken away by the
assailants in an attack that saw many cows also killed at the Mohammed Idris
Herders’ Settlement.
One of the escaped herders called me and told me that some
unknown gunmen in a Hilux vehicle with red cap invaded Mohammed Idris Herders’
Settlement shooting sporadically and that led to the deaths of our four members
and hundreds of Cows missing," the MACBAN leader said.
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