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The acting Police Public Relations Officer, Nasarawa State Command, ASP Usman Samaila said Soldiers deployed in the Benue and Nasarawa states border have allegedly killed about six Fulani herdsmen and over 150 cows at Akpanagya, in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. He said the command received information that the military personnel came from Benue and carried out the operation that led to the killing of six people suspected to be Fulani herders in the state. The officer also confirmed and recovered about six dead bodies killed by the suspected military men in the area at the scene of the accident. Chairman of the Miyyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Nasarawa State Chapter, Mallam Muhammed Hussein, expressed sadness over the attack. Source: Punch News
By: Olatimehin Ololade