No fewer than 30 persons have been killed in the feud between Fulani herdsmen and Eggon farmers in Nasarawa State when tension heightened yesterday and fresh fighting erupted in Randa Village, near Kwandere.
According to sources, Kwandere Village where the Fulani are taking refuge has become the base from where they operate and carry out reprisal attack on nearby villages, adding that tension was high in Ombi 1, Ombi 2, Nasarawa Eggon and Kwandere all in Lafia North Local Government, just as people, mostly the Nasarawa State Polytechnic students were seen running helter-skelter for fear of attack by Fulanis from the nearby village.
Although the Nasarawa State government ordered deployment of policemen in the troubled areas, the attack had not subsided. According to a security source, the Fulani attackers invaded the village called, Igah unknown to the soldiers deployed to ensure security, leaving eight persons dead.
This attack started barely a week after the state government asked the displaced people to return to their ancestral homes with security beefed up in the various communities. Last Saturday, the government organized a round table discussion with the Fulanis and the Agatu people, urging them to forget the past and live in peace with each other.
Meanwhile, the bodies of the deceased had been deposited at the Dalhatu Specialist Hospital in Lafia. [Vanguard]
While in nasarawa as a corp member,my fulani frNd & student told me that its very hard for a fulani man to forget d past wrongs done to them….grand fathers tell d wrongs to their grand children and they keep passing it on…
To end dis senseless killings,leaders(spiritual,govt etc)needs to call for Genuine reconciliation…govt also needs to concentrate more on educating children of fulani herdsmen
Hi people of nstate,this what is happen is seriours them we suspecting,people are dying from the start of this clashes to today more than 200 people dead more than 7000 people lose their hauses,goverment must do something and stop talking with there mout.