President Muhammadu Buhari has said herdsmen responsible for the attacks across Nigeria migrated from Libya.
Buhari who made this disclosure on Saturday, May 14 in London on the
CNN said following the fall of the Ghadaffi regime, some people from the
Sahel who were trained by the regime dispatched to other countries in
the region and began causing trouble.
He said:
“It is a major regional and virtually African problem
now. There is one called Al Qaeda; there is Boko Haram and so on. It is
a governmental project now to trace, disarm, try and discipline them.”
The president who said it was the custom for herdsmen to roam about
to feed their cattle complained that the cattle routes and grazing areas
marked for herdsmen had been taken over and turned to farms by some
influential persons.
He after people took over the land meant for cattle routes and
grazing areas, pockets of clashes between farmers and herders erupted in
parts of the country.
Meanwhile, suspected Fulani herdsmen have launched a fresh attack on
Tarfi village, in Buruku local government area, Benue state, killing at
least 12 people.
Vanguard reports that the attack also left so many villagers with
different degrees of wounds while several others were still reported
missing and unaccounted for.
The source stated that the armed men raided the village in their
numbers from neighbouring Tarka local government at about 11pm, shooting
periodically and setting ablaze houses and huts in the community.
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