Crime

Over twenty-seven herdsmen killed in Nasarawa airstrike

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1 year ago

January 26, 2023

No fewer than 27 pastoralists have been killed in an airstrike in the Doma Local Government Area of the state.

This was confirmed by DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the development and casualty figures on Thursday, January 26, 2023, in Lafia.

Nansel said that preliminary investigation revealed that the pastoralists had, on Tuesday, gone to Benue to pay fines for the release of cattle impounded by the Benue Livestock Guards implementing the State’s Anti-Open Grazing and Ranching Law.

He said:

“While they were loading some of the cows into vehicles on Tuesday night in Kwatiri village, a border community between Benue and Nasarawa, something like a drone or an aircraft hovered in the air and shelled them.”

Nansel said the Commissioner of Police, Maiyaki Mohammed-Baba, had visited the scene of the incident and also attended the burial of the deceased alongside the State Deputy Governor, Dr Emmanuel Akabe, and some traditional rulers.