One of the
suspected insurgents who invaded Gidan Gambo village in Lafia East Local
Council Development Area of Nasarawa State has been captured by youths
in the area. The suspect, Abadullahi Buldi, 25, was apprehended on
Tuesday while trying to escape after the attack. Gunmen, reported to be
Fulani, numbering about 200, invaded Gidan Gambo village in the early
hours of Tuesday, killed 10 persons and burnt over 50 houses.
Fielding questions from journalists, Buldi said that he was hired along 200 others by Alago elders to carry out attacks on Eggon settlement in the southern zone of the state. He said:
“I don’t know that it will turn out to be bad for me. About 200 of us were hired from Keana, Azara and Obi to attack the village, kill and burn their houses. “The Alago people contracted us. They gave our elders N300,000 and when our elders rejected the amount, they added N100,000.
The money was brought to us at Ipkosogye where we were camping. “When they gave us the money, they also gave us plenty of ammunition and some new big guns. They also gave us food and water at the camp.” Buldi said the camp was at Ikposogye. He added: “We normally hide under the broken down heavy-duty equipment at a construction site on Ikposogye- Obi Road. “Our Fulani elders are the ones telling us to go and fight.
Our elders like Hassan, Russia, Saleh, Buba and Kabiru. They are from Obi, Keana and Azara.” Buldi also said that he took part in previous attacks on Logobi, Tudu Adabu and Ipkosogye and Agwan Yakubu communities that led to the death of many people while several houses were burnt.
The National President, Eggon Cultural Development Association (ECDA), (Youth Wing), Comrade Daniel Anyuabaga, who expressed worry over the level of destruction at Gidan Gambo, described the attack as unprovoked and barbaric. When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ismaila Umaru Numan, said that he was not aware of the development.
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Fielding questions from journalists, Buldi said that he was hired along 200 others by Alago elders to carry out attacks on Eggon settlement in the southern zone of the state. He said:
“I don’t know that it will turn out to be bad for me. About 200 of us were hired from Keana, Azara and Obi to attack the village, kill and burn their houses. “The Alago people contracted us. They gave our elders N300,000 and when our elders rejected the amount, they added N100,000.
The money was brought to us at Ipkosogye where we were camping. “When they gave us the money, they also gave us plenty of ammunition and some new big guns. They also gave us food and water at the camp.” Buldi said the camp was at Ikposogye. He added: “We normally hide under the broken down heavy-duty equipment at a construction site on Ikposogye- Obi Road. “Our Fulani elders are the ones telling us to go and fight.
Our elders like Hassan, Russia, Saleh, Buba and Kabiru. They are from Obi, Keana and Azara.” Buldi also said that he took part in previous attacks on Logobi, Tudu Adabu and Ipkosogye and Agwan Yakubu communities that led to the death of many people while several houses were burnt.
The National President, Eggon Cultural Development Association (ECDA), (Youth Wing), Comrade Daniel Anyuabaga, who expressed worry over the level of destruction at Gidan Gambo, described the attack as unprovoked and barbaric. When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ismaila Umaru Numan, said that he was not aware of the development.
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