Herdsmen

Do we have Berom herdsmen, Tiv herdsmen, Igbo herdsmen, Akum herdsmen, Ebira herdsmen, Fali herdsmen, Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo herdsmen, Iyive herdsmen, Izere herdsmen, Kubi herdsmen or Etulo herdsmen?

On strategies to tackle the menace of herdsmen, Dr. Emu said “The issue of herdsmen and security of our farmlands is not just a concern to us as a state, it is also a national issue.

DAILY POST gathered that nine suspected Fulani herdsmen had during the week invaded the palace of Onigedegede of Gedegede over the stance of the monarch on the activities of the herdsmen in the community.

Herdsmen Attacks, Communal Clash Claim 12 Lives in Kogi, Taraba (Yesterday) - No fewer than 12 persons were killed by herdsmen in Kogi State and in the crisis between the Jukun and Tiv in Taraba State.

If these Bandits killed people in Adamawa, Benue or Plateau, we call them fulani herdsmen and if they kill people in Zamfara, Sokoto or Katsina, we call them Bandits, if the herdsmen are carrying out Islamization agenda, what is the agenda of the Bandits?

According the Knights, “We are convinced that this method will bring about a faster improvement in the socio-economic lives of these herdsmen and as well put to rest perennial and degenerating clashes between herdsmen and farmers.

According to Asake, the officials of MACBAN have not only made very inciting statements before and after Fulani herdsmen attack vulnerable communities, the herdsmen were clearly associated with MACBAN.

Accusing Mr. President of sending the herdsmen to attack his citizens because he is Fulani like the herdsmen is monumentally unfair.

A source who preferred anonymity told our correspondent that the SARS men had arrested some suspected Fulani herdsmen for disturbing public peace but they were ambushed by another group of herdsmen.

Governor Samuel Ortom has raised fresh concerns over herdsmen attacks saying three new victims have been killed last week in Guma local government area by the herdsmen.

He called on the President to declare herdsmen terrorists, saying ” Mr. President, declare herdsmen as terrorists group now, they are mindless and devilish.

Irate youths of the community had allegedly engaged some herdsmen in a fight and in the process two herdsmen and their cattle got missing.

Looking at the issue of the Fulani herdsmen, how do you think the issue can be addressed considering that killings by herdsmen have become a recurring problem in different parts of the country?

The commander explained that 15 armed herdsmen were killed on Saturday along Gbajimba-Akor Tomata axis during gunshot exchange between troops and armed herdsmen that lasted for about 2 hours.

The Fulani herdsmen attack on farming communities or better still, the herdsmen conflict with farming communities has become an endless one in Nigeria.

We strongly suspect that there is more than one camp and that those in the camps have been involved in inter-state killing operations, probably disguising as herdsmen at times in order to hang killings on the necks of herdsmen.

But the Aljazeera media report in the forest of Lokpa-Umunochi areas in Abia state exhibited human carcasses killed or left to die inside such forests occupied by the herdsmen kidnappers.

Depending on where one is standing, it is easy to see why Southeastern Nigerians believe the government has turned a blind eye to the gory tales of activities mostly carried out in Southeast, Nigeria by Fulani herdsmen.

He directly pointed at the fulani herdsmen of killing a woman and her two males children at Fikyu axis while ten people were also killed along kwesati road.

He stood firm and defended Ondo State and the Southwest as a whole when herdsmen went on a killing spree around here.