AT least 30 persons have been reported killed and 13 villages sacked at Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State by people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in a renewed attack on the council area.

This is just as about 20 people were feared dead in an accident at Iwaraja junction on the Ilesa-Akure Expressway in Osun State on Monday.

Nigerian Tribune gathered that the suspected Fulani herdsmen invaded the affected villages with sophisticated arms, on Sunday, killing and maiming.

It was gathered that at the time of filing this report, normalcy was yet to return to the area, while villagers were said to have deserted their homes.

Speaking on the development, Joseph Mom, president of Tyoch'a  Association in the council area, said that the invasion was the second within a year, adding that no fewer than 30 people were feared killed in the renewed attack.

He added that many families could not be found as a result of the attack, stressing that about 13 villages around River Benue were attacked by the Fulani herdsmen.

Tyoch'a, who could not give reason for the attack, however, said that it was carried out by the Fulani herdsmen, who always destroyed their farmland while grazing their cattle.

According to him, “we were told by our people living at the disturbed areas that the cattle rearers stormed their villages on Sunday and killed many of them. As I am talking to you now, we cannot give the actual figure of casualties, but according to information we received, they are in the range of 30 persons, while 13 villages have been sacked by the Fulani herdsmen.

"We cannot say the cause of this renewed crisis but it may not be unconnected with the grazing of their cattle. If you newsmen will recall mid last year, the same Fulani people attacked our villages and killed many of our people.”

Some of the villages, he claimed had been sacked include Tse Yanshe, Namikpe, Tse-gboku and Tser Ker. He, however, appealed to the government to build security posts in all the disturbed villages to curb invasion by the Fulani herdsmen.

Confirming the report, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Ejike Alaribe, said he could not give the actual figure of casualties but noted that normalcy was returning to the troubled areas.

In the Ilesa-Akure Expressway accident, reports said two 18-seater passenger buses had a  collision and instantly caught fire, trapping the occupants of the two vehicles.

Eyewitnesses were said to have told the press crew of the Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi,  that “an unidentifiable 18-seater bus, which was heading probably to Ekiti State or Iwaraja swerved from its lane to avoid hitting a motorcyclist, who was allegedly being pursued by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps.”

The reports added that the vehicle that swerved “hit the oncoming bus, which belongs to Akoko-Edo council, and which was said to be coming from Igarra in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State.”

The press crew of Governor Fayemi, which said the team was on its way to Lagos “to attend a function,” added that “the two buses caught fire immediately, trapping passengers and drivers of the two buses.”

According to the crew, “five passengers were said to have managed to escape from the inferno but still got seriously injured,” adding that the injured “have been taken to hospital for treatment while others who were said to be more than 20 were burnt to death.”

It said, “efforts of passers-by and men of the Osun State fire services to fight the fire ended in futility as the casualties could not be saved.”

9 killed in Borno, Kano
NO fewer than seven people, including three members of Boko Haram, were killed in two separate incidents in Maiduguri, Borno State.

Also, two policemen attached to the residence of a commissioner of police in Doroyi quarters, Kano, were killed by suspected members of Boko Haram, while two others were injured, when pandemonium broke out on Monday.

However, the Boko Haram violence in Borno has led to exodus of over 5,000 traders from Maidu-guri, the Nigerian Tribune has learnt.

Three members of the sect were allegedly gunned down by the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Maiduguri in the early hours of Monday, while attempting to burn down Lamisula Primary School, Maiduguri.

The sect members, in another incident, shot dead four people, including a woman and her 10-year-old child in Zannari ward, Maiduguri.

The other two persons killed by the Boko Haram were unidentified shop owner and a tailor at the Bamgouru market, which was set ablaze last month.

In an operation carried out in the early hours of Monday, which was confirmed by  the JTF spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Hassan Mohammed, the JTF laid ambush and killed three members of the sect while attempting to set ablaze the primary school.

The spokesman for Borno State police command, Sa-muel Tizhe, said though he learnt of the various attacks and killings, he was yet to be officially briefed.

In Kano, two policemen attached to the residence of a top security official were killed, while two others were injured.

The state commissioner of police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, confirmed the incident, adding that the hoodlums escaped with bullet wounds after they were given a chase by members of the public.

He, however, refuted a newspaper publication that Shekau, one of the Boko Haram leaders, escaped from police custody in Kano.

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May the souls of departed innocent victims in all these losses rest in peace, Amen.

On Fulani attack, where is Miyetti Allah. . . . .I havent heard anything from the group. They are the caretakers for fulani nomads. Where are they to speak up?

some people will rather have villages ,towns and cities wiped out than come out to renegociate nigeria or break up smh.

This is one reason why benue and plateau need a well armed,well financed militant group made up of tivs,idoma,angas,beroms and other minority benue/plateau tribes.this is the solution to fulani wickedness in plateau/benue.by the way,where are those so called benue elders who call themselves menbers of arewa consultative forum and make noise about one north?

That's their yeye business.

@chima
true talk there! no 1 north

I just phoned[i] Ikemba Ojukwu[/i] to come to their rescue

chima12:

This is one reason why benue and plateau need a well armed,well financed militant group made up of tivs,idoma,angas,beroms and other minority benue/plateau tribes.this is the solution to fulani wickedness in plateau/benue.by the way,where are those so called benue elders who call themselves menbers of arewa consultative forum and make noise about one nort[b][/b]h?

@BOLDED I am also looking forward for them to come out now and protect their kins men from been slaughtering like goat or cow in the hands of this fulani.

Its time all these middle belters take the law into their hand. Let them start killing any fulani they see in their land.

Bad news

Life is cheap in nigeria. It sounds like living hell.

bashr8:

some people will rather have villages ,towns and cities wiped out than come out to renegociate nigeria or break up smh.

Bla bla bla 'renegotiate Nigeria' my arse. Responsibility for security and safety of lives and properties rests on the shoulders of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Is it anyone's fault that you losers voted in an incompetent fellow?

There will be NO 'renegotiation' of Nigeria. Even a re'tard will tell you that there is no traction towards making this happen. You all will stew in this country  just the way it is.

Also, despite what your Pastor tells you, Nigeria is getting WORSE!

Kai, Tiv people are disappointing me.

I trust the tiv people, I bet this is not the end of the story. Watchout for part 2.

united one north indeed.fulani(the  owners of nigiriya) will stop at nothing to claim their properties,kwara and co you know what's up.

fulani herdsmen are known to attack villagers even in the south! the problem with retaliating against them is that they don't have a specific place they stay! they attack at night (mostly unawares) and move to another position.

middle belt have turn to slaughter house

Na waa ooo so dis people still no wan make Nigerians drink water drop cup shey, Moi sef no knw say "boko-ha_ram" dn get compatriots in their devilish acts, "boko-ha_cow"  d herdsmen na waa ooooo. Very soon "boko-ha_fish" go soon join dem, fishermen,

na wa ooo

May their souls rest in peace. Fulani men aren't the ones killin em,forsight is,if they knew they wuldnt hv sided wit the north to kill the igbos,dis is a result of betrayal.

My Godness may their soul rest in peace, I pray for Nigeria, really because it becomes really worrying

what a pity. But i know that fulani dont kill just like that,they must be a reason.
They should just take heart and leave the fulani alone,stay out of their business otherwise they will sacked the whole of benue.
They are like ghost, they kill and disappear, and leave no trace.

On the Fulani-Tiv crisis, I think some of the Tivs' leaders of thoughts must have betrayed their people. If not I see no reason why a nomadic fulani minority can be this brazen in violence against the inhabitants. This same fulanis once tried this nonsense in one local govt area in the middle belt. By the time the people retaliated by killing any fulani man/woman in sight, within days there was no single fulani in that LGA. It was very very long after that their elders made an overture to the chiefs of the LGA and were reluctantly allowed back but on a carefully signed agreement with stringent conditions. Because these idiots know that there is plenty of grazing land for their cattle in d middle belt; but they don't want to be humble enough to enlist the support of the inhabitants. In that particular LGA today, no single fulani man/woman (together with his/her cattle) breathes air, drinks water, eats food, walks on their land, transacts business or even expresses personal freedom beyond limits set by the LGA.

What I have learnt from fulanis' behaviour is that they can go to any extent to ensure the survival of their cattle. If the inhabitants grant them the option of violence, they (fulanis) will exploit it to the fullest. If, however, they are taught the bitter lesson of life just the way this LGA dealt with them, they (fulanis) will then be very humble. And they will employ all the humble means of ensuring the survival of their animals

And what is d governor doing about it? It is only d people that can defend themselves. So i think the Governor should buy sophisticated Arms and set up vigilante group to man hunt dis fulani goats. I mean sophisticated arms suswam.

story, which local government is that, and give us reference becouse i dont believe u

Now it look like fulani's herdsmen have suddenly become predators, and under 6 month we have heard of several cases in several regions across the country where this so called herdsmen are on killing rampage and yet the mumudu government doesn't see any need to take any drastically efforts to crush them, Huh !!!! What about if those are boko haram in disguise like herdsmen and tactically spreading their terrorism against the innocent people Why this government for cry loud sake did not just wake up and take a strong operation to combat this domestic terrorism, Nigeria help and prevail in Sierra Leone and Liberia wars militarily, and now under your mumu government we can not even combat our little domestic terrorism that is spreading like hurricane and consuming lives everyday !!!!!!! Mr Jonathan Retardeen. Can you please hand over power to an able and bolder person that can handle this authority now before is getting too late People is about to take laws into their own hand and i can see another civil war looming

GOWON ONE NAIJERIA,  kai Aboki killing Aboki, Middlebelters don borrow Cowardice from YARIBAS

kayci_d77:

GOWON ONE NAIJERIA,  kai Aboki killing Aboki, Middlebelters don borrow Cowardice from YARIBAS

na mumu u be

udezue:

That's their yeye business.

smh, no area is immune to war, crisis or disaster. how would you feel to hear this kind of comment being made by anyone if your people were victims? lets learn to value human lives