The Fulani settlement located only a kilometre away from Keana Town was
invaded today in the morning by the soldiers, the residents allege.
The residents allege that most of the dead were over 60 years old and
therefore could not run away fast enough from the rampage.
One witness Ibrahim Jalo revealed that he saw up too 24 corpses removed
from the Fulani settlements on the road to Giza Town.
He said: “I was on my way to the office when I saw people running
and later saw soldiers rushing into the town in convoy asking for the Fulani. I
saw over 24 dead bodies of Fulani being taken to Lafia in a white Hilux van,”
he said.
Meanwhile Fulani interest group secretary,Muhammed Husseini has alleged
that the number of dead where up to 30 and not the alleged 24.
He went further and accussed the FG, saying they are responsible for the
killings and revealed that his group will take the FG to court.
He said: “I’m presently in the mortuary receiving corpses. They
killed over 30 of our men for no reason. This is genocide and we will approach
the International Criminal Court, ICC,” he threatened.
Keana Local Government Area Chairman Haruna Oshegba, also
confirmed the killings and even revealed that about eight bodies were kept at
the Specialist Hospital, Lafia.
He said: “There is crisis in my council and it is a military
operation but I don’t know the details. I’m trying to piece information
together to know exactly what happened,” he said.
By the time reporters showed up at the hospital, a police Hilux van had
about 9 dead people and another pick-up van had a dead female inside.
The Nigerian military had just recently said that they will deploy
troops to Nasarawa, Benue, and Kaduna to counter the recent attack by Fulani
herdsmen that has killed scores of civilians.
The Nigerian military has yet to claim responsibility for the attacks
Good for them, justice is what i want
ReplyDeleteI don't care all of them are Hausa people ,they know s way to d court
ReplyDeleteThe innocent ones are the ones being killed. Nigeria soldiers are usually unable to sift the seed from the chaff once deployed to a place. This was what happened in Odi. Very unfortunate.
ReplyDeleteThey kill by gun, so they shall also die by gun. They are already in hell fire.
ReplyDeleteNo you forget that your father goes to hellon there behalf
DeleteYours is coming dont full your sef
DeleteIf the soldiers kill them they call it genocide but if the fulanis kill they call justice abi? I beg let the soldiers finish them no matter what they call it let it be.
ReplyDeleteKilling few of them wil not bring solution to dis problem, it wil send a horror signal to the rest of the fulanis who hv been planing and willing to attack innocent Nigerians, I just hope this does not degenerate to further problem, as some fulanis in other locations might take the revenge on defenseless Nigerians in their neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteIt seems this Fulani herdsmen are another arm of bokoharam o! I see no reason why they don't call human life anything. The govt hv to react & tackle this criminals for the benefit of the entire citizenry. Its unfortunate dat in situations like this, there will always be victims of military offensive.
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