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Alleged Herdsmen attack: Plateau community count losses

Suspected herdsmen have attacked Rantis village in the Barikin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing an unspecified number of persons.

Meanwhile, it was, learned that the herders stormed the village, Thursday night, and opened fire on villagers.

A resident of the village, Gyang Pam said the attack came; as residents were trying to pick up the pieces following a similar attack, in 2020.

“Our people have managed to return home to rebuild the village after the same hoodlums sacked it two years ago. For them to come again yesterday means they don’t want our people back home,” he lamented.

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The spokesperson for the Plateau State Police, ASP Uba Gabriel did not answer calls to his mobile phone to confirm the incident.

Meanwhile, this latest attack on communities in Plateau state, by suspected herdsmen, came at a time the state government is making efforts to bring peace between the two groups.

It could be recalled that the Miyetti Allah, Plateau state branch, complained of the poisoning of their animals by youths.

This according to Miyetti Allah, has forced the cattle rearers to arm themselves to protect their animals from the youths.

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However, Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong has appealed to the communities affected to stop any retaliatory measures as the state government is looking into the matter to bring a lasting solution to the crisis.

Lalong commended the security agencies in the state for the way they are handling the farmers/herdsmen crisis.

Plateau state has enjoyed relative peace until the recent skirmishes.

Kaduna, Niger, Kogi, Zamfara, Katsina, and Sokoto states, have become the epicenter of herdsmen /farmers clashes.

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Adams: Are Ona Kakanfo warns of imminent food scarcity due to herdsmen attacks on farmers

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has warned about an imminent food crisis in the South-West region of Nigeria due to the onslaught on farmers by Fulani herdsmen.

Adams stated that farmers in attack-prone areas have stopped going to their farms for fear of being assailed by suspected herders.

“They have discouraged Yoruba people from farming now and if care is not taken within one year, there will be famine in Yorubaland,” Adams said on Wednesday, January 27, while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme.

The situation in the South-West as “a serious invasion”; adding that drastic measures must be taken quickly to stop the ugly trend, the Yoruba leader bemoaned.

“We have been seriously infiltrated by Fulani herdsmen. Most of the reserved forests have been taken over by the Fulani herdsmen; and a lot of ugly things are happening from those places. So, all hands must be on the deck to make sure these public incidents are taken care of,” he said.

Furthermore, Adams blamed the original Fulani dwellers in host Yoruba communities for the infiltration and incessant killings; kidnappings; rape; as well as sundry crimes.

According to him, they were complicit in criminal activities; because they failed to expose the intruders in their midst.

“Majorly, we have some Fulani people that have been living with us peacefully for the past 100 years. We have about two or three generations of Fulani people living with us peacefully.

“But we have witnessed strange incidents for the past seven years; and the Fulani people living with us peacefully did not give us intelligence report; about the criminal activities of the people that came into the different communities in Yorubaland,” he explained.

Adams, who said he foresaw the invasion of herdsmen in the South-West region three years, said, “We cannot allow what is happening in the North-West and North-East to happen in the South-West. Don’t forget that Yorubaland is the commercial nerve centre of the economy of this country. So, the Federal Government must know the implication of this economic threat to the region.”