Gunmen Kill 46 In Northern Villages
Gunmen have reportedly killed 46 people in an attack launched on three villages in Sanga local government area of Kaduna state.
Leadership reports that the attacks were simultaneously carried out on Tuesday night.
Details of this report are still being expected.
Meanwhile, Fulani herdsmen on September 14, 2014, reportedly attacked Tunari village in Wukari Local Government of Taraba State, killing no fewer than twenty persons and injuring scores of others.
However, Sanga local government has always experience seasonal crisis emanating from grazing land for Fulani herdsmen and the farmers. The last conflict which occurred on August 7, 2014, in Gimi Dogara village claimed the lives of four people while 15 houses burnt. Fulani herdsmen were reported to have carried out the attack.
The tension in the northern part of the country has continued to increase following the activities of the terrorist group, Boko Haram. Two weeks ago, one Justice Hajara Gwadah of the Kaduna State high court and her son, Saminu Gwadah, were reported shot by a Nigerian soldier, at the junction of Ali Akilu and Alkali roads by SCOA, in Kaduna metropolis.
However, following the violence that usually erupt from communal clashes in Sanga communities, Shehu Garba Sarkin-Noma, a House of Representatives member representing Jema’a/Sanga federal constituency in a reaction called on the the Federal Government to quickly intervene and stop further massacre.
Leadership reports that the attacks were simultaneously carried out on Tuesday night.
Details of this report are still being expected.
Meanwhile, Fulani herdsmen on September 14, 2014, reportedly attacked Tunari village in Wukari Local Government of Taraba State, killing no fewer than twenty persons and injuring scores of others.
However, Sanga local government has always experience seasonal crisis emanating from grazing land for Fulani herdsmen and the farmers. The last conflict which occurred on August 7, 2014, in Gimi Dogara village claimed the lives of four people while 15 houses burnt. Fulani herdsmen were reported to have carried out the attack.
The tension in the northern part of the country has continued to increase following the activities of the terrorist group, Boko Haram. Two weeks ago, one Justice Hajara Gwadah of the Kaduna State high court and her son, Saminu Gwadah, were reported shot by a Nigerian soldier, at the junction of Ali Akilu and Alkali roads by SCOA, in Kaduna metropolis.
However, following the violence that usually erupt from communal clashes in Sanga communities, Shehu Garba Sarkin-Noma, a House of Representatives member representing Jema’a/Sanga federal constituency in a reaction called on the the Federal Government to quickly intervene and stop further massacre.
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