Tag: Herdsmen
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Suspected herdsmen attack IDPs camp, kill 7 – Ortom
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, on Tuesday confirmed an attack on Abagena Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Makurdi by suspected herdsmen, that left seven persons dead and many others injured. Ortom stated this when he visited the camp, where the IDPs were already protesting the attack by blocking the Makurdi-Lafia road. The governor said…
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JUST IN: Suspected herdsmen murder nine farmers in Nasarawa
Suspected herdsmen on Saturday morning killed nine Tiv farmers during an attack on three villages in Doma local government area of Nasarawa State. The attacked villages were Ajikamaka, Gidan Rail and Ankoma settlements near Rukubi where Olam farm is located, a border town between Nasarawa and Benue State belonging to the Tiv farmers. The settlements…
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Amotekun arrests herdsmen, 250 cows over farm destruction
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, on Sunday seized about 250 cows which allegedly destroyed 300-hectare farmland in Ipogun, Ilara Mokin and Owena Dan areas of Ifedore Local Government Area of the state. The security outfit also apprehended two herders who accompanied the arrested cows into the farms. It was gathered that crops such…
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NSCDC arrests 50 arms-bearing herdsmen
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), have arrested 50 arms-bearing herdsmen. “We arrested 50 illegally armed herdsmen and realised that some of them are into cattle rustling and kidnapping,’’ Commandant-General of the NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Audi, said on Wednesday in Abuja He made the declaration while presenting licenses to private…
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81 Ekiti monarchs tackle Fayemi, reject ‘surrendering’ lands to herdsmen for grazing
Traditional rulers in Ekiti State have rejected the Federal Government’s National Livestock Transformation Plan in the state, describing it as another nomenclature for the Rural Grazing Area, which they call a land grabbing initiative. The traditional rulers, under the aegis of Majority Obas of Ekiti Land, who said the scheme would bring about Fulani herders’…
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Umahi speaks as herdsmen attack, kill 15 in four Ebonyi communities
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has condemned the attack on some communities in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state by suspected gunmen. The attack took place on Monday night in Nkalaha, Obegu, Amazu, Nkalagu and Umuhuali Autonomous Communities. At least 15 persons were reportedly killed during the attack, allegedly carried out by herders. Umahi…
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Herders flee as Amotekun arrests over 100 cows in Ondo
Suspected unregistered cow herders in Ondo State ran away as Amotekun officers arrested over 100 cows in the state for flouting the open grazing laws. The herders ran away upon sighting operatives of the Amotekun Corps. Adetunji Adeleye, Commander of the Corps in the State said the move was part of efforts at curbing crimes…
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Herdsmen allegedly invade Sunday Igboho mother’s residence
Suspected herdsmen on Sunday allegedly invaded the residence of mother of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. Igboho’s spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, confirmed this on Sunday night via his Twitter handle. He wrote: “Chief Sunday Adeyemo’s mother’s house at Igboho was invaded by three Fulani men this evening around 7:54pm. “Two of them escaped,…
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Attack: ‘I ran more than one and a half kilometres without stopping,’ Ortom recounts near death experience
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Saturday recounted his experience after surviving a deadly attack on his convoy by armed Fulani herdsmen. The governor also called on President Muhammadu Buhari and security agencies to fish out the criminals terrorising the state. Ortom narrated his experience to newsmen in Makurdi, the Benue State Capital. He was…
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Herdsmen kill two farmers in Ekiti
Two farmers have been killed in Ekiti State after a clash involving some herders in Isaba, Ikole Local Government Area. The police spokesman in the State, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident, said the clash was preceded by a disagreement between both parties. Mr. Abutu said police operatives have been deployed to the area to…