NO fewer than nine persons were killed in their sleep in
Kushaka village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State by
invading Fulani herdsmen from neigbouring Kaduna State.
The state police command spokesman, ASP Richard Oguche, said the report reaching the command showed that the villagers were killed in their houses at about 1.00a.m., when the Fulani herdsmen attacked them without any provocation.
He said the village is on the border between Niger and Kaduna states, while no reason could be adduced for the attack, as the village had no previous quarrel or misunderstanding with their neigbours.
He, however, informed the Nigerian Tribune that the command had deployed three trucks loaded with anti- riot policemen to the scenes of the carnage to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the incident with a view to arresting those responsible for the needless blood letting, in accordance with the laws of the land.Also speaking with the Nigerian Tribune on the incident, the Shiroro Local Government council chairman, Alhaji Audu Yerima, confirmed the incident while describing the attack as unwarranted and heinous.
He said the incident was shocking as the villagers were peace loving people and had no record of conflict with any group of persons or communities within their neigbourhood.
He said those who survived the attack, ran into the bush.
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The state police command spokesman, ASP Richard Oguche, said the report reaching the command showed that the villagers were killed in their houses at about 1.00a.m., when the Fulani herdsmen attacked them without any provocation.
He said the village is on the border between Niger and Kaduna states, while no reason could be adduced for the attack, as the village had no previous quarrel or misunderstanding with their neigbours.
He, however, informed the Nigerian Tribune that the command had deployed three trucks loaded with anti- riot policemen to the scenes of the carnage to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the incident with a view to arresting those responsible for the needless blood letting, in accordance with the laws of the land.Also speaking with the Nigerian Tribune on the incident, the Shiroro Local Government council chairman, Alhaji Audu Yerima, confirmed the incident while describing the attack as unwarranted and heinous.
He said the incident was shocking as the villagers were peace loving people and had no record of conflict with any group of persons or communities within their neigbourhood.
He said those who survived the attack, ran into the bush.
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