Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Kill 15 Farmers, Burn Houses In Nasarawa

No fewer than fifteen Agatu farmers were killed by unidentified gunmen in Udeni Ruwa district, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nararawa state, while five others drowned.

It was learnt that the suspected Fulani herdsmen invaded two settlements in Udeni Ruwa district of the state on Sunday night, setting houses on fire.

But, the Police Public Relation Officer, Nasarawa state command, ASP Ismaila Numan Umaru, who confirmed the incident to The PUNCH in a telephone interview in Lafia, the state capital, said seven people were killed and many houses were burned during the attack.

He said, “There was a report that three of the Fulani herdsmen, who took their cows for grazing on Agatu farm land got missing while another body of the victims was discovered.”

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